Political Racism conceptualizes a distinctive form of racism – intentional, organized hostility mobilized by political actors – and examines its role in the Brexit conflict and in the rise of a new nationalist politics in the UK.
In a compelling analysis the book argues that Powellite anti-immigrant racism, reinterpreted in numerical terms, was combined with anti-East European and anti-Muslim hostility to inform the Vote Leave victory. This type of racism, which has a special significance in societies where racism has been delegitimized, is shown to have further shaped the form of EU withdrawal and also the government’s post-Brexit policies.
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Introduction
1 Conceptualizing racism and political racism
2 Political racism and immigration
3 The Europhobic movement and its ideology
4 Racism in the referendum
5 Embedded racism in the Brexit conflict
6 Johnson’s victory and the nationalist Tory regime
Conclusion