According to politicians, we now live in a radically interconnected world. Unless there is
international stability–even in the most distant places–the West's way of life is threatened. In …

This book analyses the current debates around national identity and multiculturalism by
addressing three key questions; why do so many people treat as common sense the idea …

This article examines the representation of Islam and Muslims in the British press. It
suggests that British Muslims are portrayed as an 'alien other'within the media. It suggests …

Hate crime encompasses numerous themes that have formed a central feature of
contemporary social scientific enquiry, including marginalisation, victimisation and …

Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. 50 years after the establishment of the
Runnymede Trust and the Race Relations Act of 1968 which sought to end discrimination in …

In recent years' hate crime'has rapidly ascended political, policing and wider criminal justice
agenda, and an increasing range of legislative measures have been implemented in the UK …

In the winter of 2004 a small group of asylum seekers from a number of African countries met
in what would have been the drawing room of a large house in Manchester, built for a well …

"... the book is a brave and authoritative analysis of multiculturalism... McGhee successfully
locates his subject in the context of recent developments in both community cohesion and …

This paper is designed to provide a critical engagement with Michael Billig's seminal thesis
of Banal Nationalism (1995), perhaps the most influential study of everyday forms of …

SPREADING THE ‘BURDEN’? A review of policies to disperse asylum seekers and refugees
Page 1 P P PRESS The•POLICY SPREADING THE ‘BURDEN’? A review of policies to disperse …