“…CRER also maintained close ties with state agencies, which sometimes conflicted with the centre's academic sensibility, for instance, when disagreements transpired over use of the term 'Thatcherism' in a report from the 1980s (Ratcliffe 2001: 129). Critics argue that the involvement of researchers in the 'race relations industry' may have inadvertently contributed to racism and state control over race relations, while being distinctly out of touch with the black/racial target groups themselves (Bourne 1980). Just as in the Netherlands, the British government seems to have preferred expert expertise over ethnic expertise.…”