Published
Jun 24, 2025Page count
176 pagesISBN
978-1529239782Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Bristol University PressPublished
Jun 24, 2025Page count
176 pagesISBN
978-1529239775Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Bristol University PressPublished
Jun 24, 2025Page count
176 pagesISBN
978-1529239799Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Bristol University Press
Racism and Austerity
Mike Cole is Emeritus Professor of Racism Studies at the University of East London and Emeritus Professor of Education and Equality at Bishop Grosseteste University.
Introduction
Part 1: Conceptual and Theoretical Issues
1. The Multifaceted Nature of UK Racism
2. Austerity: A Flawed Economic Policy or a Deliberate Act of Capitalist Crisis Management and Class Warfare from Above?
Part 2: Racism and the Hostile Environment
3. Theresa May and the Hostile Environment: Preparation, Official Launch, and Enactment (2009-2019)
4. Boris Johnson and Priti Patel: Personal Rhetoric and Further Draconian Measures (2019-2022)
5. Suella Braverman, Hostile Rhetoric and the Escalation of the Hostile Environment (2022-2023)
Part 3: Austerity
6. David Cameron, the ‘Age of Austerity’ and Its Impact (2009-2019)
7. Boris Johnson’s COVID Economy, Liz Truss’s Mini Budget and Their Impacts (2019-2022)
8. Rishi Sunak’s Fiscal and Industrial Austerity: Cutting Social Expenditure and the War Against the Unions (2022-2023)
Conclusion: Hostility and Austerity as Interrelated Concepts: Some Examples and Some Solutions
Postscript: Election 2024: Labour Wins, Far-Right Riots and the Tories Elect a New Leader
