Elite discourse and racism /
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 - a...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Newbury Park, California :
Sage Publications,
[1993]
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 9781452253657 145225365X |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (337 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Series: | Sage series on race and ethnic relations ;
v. 6. |
| Library Staff: | View instance in FOLIO |