This introductory text provides students for the first time with an historicaland international analysis of the development of antiracism. Drawing onsources fro... » 

This introductory text provides students for the first time with an historicaland international analysis of the development of antiracism. Drawing onsources from around the world the author explains the roots and describes thepractice of antiracism in Western and nonWestern societies from Britain andthe United States to Malaysia and Peru. Topics covered include thehistorical roots of antiracism race issues within organisations thepractice of antiracism the politics of backlash. This lively concise bookwill be an indispensable resource for all students interested in issues ofrace ethnicity and in contemporary society more generally. «