Ethnicity, Race and Inequality in the UK / / Bridget Byrne [and four others], editors.

• TeilnehmendeR: Byrne, Bridget,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Policy Press,, 2020.
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xv, 300 pages)

50 years after the establishment of the Runnymede Trust and the Race Relations Act of 1968 which sought to end discrimination in public life, this accessible book provides commentary by some of the UK's foremost scholars of race and ethnicity on data relating to a wide range of sectors of society, including employment, health, education, criminal justice, housing and representation in the arts and media.

Table of Contents

Front Cover -- Ethnicity, Race and Inequality in the UK: State of the Nation -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- List of figures, tables and boxes -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Windrush 2018, racial landmarks and contested national (hi)stories -- Ethnic and racial inequality in Britain: continuity and change -- The current context: post-millennial race and racism -- The state of the nation: a roadmap to change -- 1 The demography of ethnic minorities in Britain -- Key findings -- Immigration history and ethnicity in the UK Current ethnic minorities in the UK -- Age profile, fertility and family formation trends across ethnic minorities -- Residential settlement and segregation -- Residential settlement -- Ethnic segregation -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 2 Citizen rights and immigration -- Key findings -- Introduction -- Histories of migration -- Citizenship and immigration policy -- EU accession -- Contemporary immigration policy and bordering practices (2010 onwards) -- Detention, deportation and dispersal -- Deprivation of citizenship -- Conclusion -- Note 3 Minority ethnic groups, policing and the criminal justice system in Britain -- Key findings -- Introduction1 -- Policing and discrimination -- Stop-and-search -- Area -- Victims of crime -- Terrorism-related policing -- Young people in the youth justice system (under-18s) -- Ethnic minorities and custody -- Deaths in custody -- The racialisation and criminalisation of ethnic minority groups -- County lines, knife crime and racialisation -- Joint enterprise, racialisation and custodial sentences -- Conclusion -- Note -- 4 Health inequalities -- Key findings -- Introduction Ethnic inequalities in health -- Policy frameworks -- Access to, experience of, and quality of health (and social care) services -- Access to and experience of health services -- Racialisation, institutional racism and the impact on access to and quality of care -- Severe mental illness -- Interpreting services -- Sickle cell and thalassaemia disorders -- Summary -- Employment -- Conclusion: the need for policy development -- Notes -- 5 Ethnic inequalities in the state education system in England -- Introduction1 -- A brief history of race and education policy: from SENs to Prevent Ethnicity and schooling in Britain: a contemporary portrait -- Access -- Attainment -- GCSE -- Ethnicity, gender and class -- A levels/vocational training -- Racism in schools -- Racism and exclusions in schools -- Ethnic minority employment in education -- Leaving school: race, ethnicity and non-compulsory education -- Further education -- Aiming higher: race, ethnicity and inequality in universities -- Access -- Attainment -- Employment in higher education -- Campaigning for equality -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 6 Ethnic minorities in the labour market in Britain -- Key findings -- Introduction1.