Distress in the City
Subtitle: Racism, Fundamentalism and a Democratic Education
Publisher: Institute of Education Press (IOE Press)
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 210
ISBN-13: 9781858566887
Subjects: Cities and towns, europe; Sociology, urban; Racism; Museums, europe; Europe, social conditions; Fascism, europe; Multiculturalism
Description: This book is a case study of one distressed post-industrial city struggling with various discontents, drawn from those who live there. Their stories illuminate how racism, Islamophobia and Islamism take hold, rendering the city emblematic of wider problems across the world today.