Elite Discourse and Racism
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This volume takes a critical approach to the study of prejudice and discrimination by focusing on the role of elites in the reproduction of racism. Van Dijk′s main thesis is that racism in North America and Europe is primarily top down′ and preformulated by the elites, and is not only - as the elites would have it - a popular′ phenomenon.
The book opens with a wide-ranging study of the ways parliamentarians in the Netherlands, Germany, France, the UK and the USA debate immigration, refugees and civil rights, subtly contributing to the negative image of minorities. It goes on to examine how managers of international corporations talk about affirmative action and minority employment. A chapter on racism in social science te
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0803950713
ISBN13:9780803950719
Release Date:March 1993
Publisher:Sage Publications, Inc
Length:336 Pages
Weight:1.20 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"
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