Understanding "Race" and Ethnicity: Theory, History, Policy, Practice: Understanding Welfare: Social Issues, Policy and Practice

In the wake of Brexit, overt racism and xenophobia are on the rise in the UK. At the same time, diversity in the ethnic population is being overlooked, and the experiences of minority groups are frequently marginalized.

​This new edition of a respected textbook examines institutional racism and community cohesion within a policy framework.  Fully updated, it offers a new foreword, new chapters on ethnicity, disability and chronic illness, and education policy and race, details of changes in ethnic demographics, and a postscript from a student on her own experience of making
 
Covering an unrivaled range of social welfare issues, this wide-ranging overview and marriage of theory, history, and contemporary data makes important debates about discrimination and social equality more accessible to a contemporary student audience interested in migration, the EU, austerity, and global terrorism.