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Sociology of diversity
Sociology of diversity. ^A1418360
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Front Cover -- Series -- Racial Diversity in Contemporary France: The Case of Colorblindness -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- Series Editor Preface -- List of tables -- About the Author -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- The premise of the debate: colorblind and post-racial -- Book structure -- 2 Race and Racism: Framing the Debate -- Race: some definitions -- Conceptualizing racism -- The history of race and racism in France -- Debates and controversies -- Theoretical frames and methodologies -- White racial framing -- White racial hegemony |
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Colorblind racism -- The theory of racial ignorance -- Social construction -- Methodologies -- Conclusion -- 3 The French Model of Integration and Colorblind Racism -- Clarification and caveat -- Contemporary demography of France -- Current French laws on discrimination and diversity -- Discrimination patterns in contemporary France -- Public surveys (INSEE) -- Testing -- Studies based on first and last names -- Employment discrimination -- Education discrimination -- Residential segregation -- Race and policing -- Health disparities -- Conclusion |
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4 Counting Racial Diversity: Naming and Numbering -- Collecting data: methods and contradictions -- Overview -- Contemporary context -- France's blind spot: the grammar of colorblindness -- The racialist frame: the specter of France's past -- The universalist frame -- The national identity frame -- Comparative case studies in Europe -- Conclusion -- 5 Rioting the Residences and Reclaiming the Republic -- Political rhetoric -- Chronology of events: how the house burned down -- The grammar of the White racial frame -- Kärcher and racaille -- The riots and the rioters as criminal |
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The state of emergency and colonial legacy -- Cultural racism as colorblind racism -- Conclusion -- 6 Islam and the Republic -- Muslims in France or French Muslims? -- Muslims and Islam -- The religion versus laïcité frame -- The headscarf and burkini affairs -- The religion versus universalist feminism frame -- The religion and republican free speech frame -- Islam and secularism in Europe -- Conclusion -- 7 Rethinking Integration and Racial Identity: Beyond the French Exception -- A post-racial world? -- Chapter summary -- Main findings -- Conclusion -- Policy recommendations -- Glossary |
| Abstract |
This unique work reveals how the denial of race as a social category maintains and reproduces systematic racism in contemporary France. Léonard offers an in-depth analysis of contentious issues in society, revealing how color-blind racism is at the centre of social inequality in France. |
| Bibliography note | References -- Index -- Back Cover |
| Source of description | Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 25, 2022). |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Neiges Léonard, Marie Racial Diversity in Contemporary France Bristol : Bristol University Press,c2022 9781529207996 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9781529208023 electronic book |
| ISBN | 1529208025 electronic book |
| Stock number | 22573/ctv2z71g0n JSTOR |
