1980
DOI: 10.1177/030639688002100401
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Cheerleaders and ombudsmen: the sociology of race relations in Britain

Abstract: There is a dangerous sociology abroad -a sociology of race relations, that is -and dangerous to the black cause that it seeks to espouse. It emanates from the new set-up of the SSRC (Social Science Research Council) ethnic unit at Aston (University) under John Rex. It purports to ameliorate the condition of the black minorities, and the black young in particular, by appeals to enlightened capitalism. And, in that, it could be allowed to pass the blacks by, except that at a time of concerted and massive attack … Show more

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“…For instance, in the UK, a 'race relations industry' (Bourne 1980;Small and Solomos 2006) would have developed in response to the close cooperation between research and policy. As a consequence of the close cooperation, the race relations paradigm would have emerged and been reproduced as the dominant integration model in the UK.…”
Section: Engaging In Research-policy Dialoguesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…For instance, in the UK, a 'race relations industry' (Bourne 1980;Small and Solomos 2006) would have developed in response to the close cooperation between research and policy. As a consequence of the close cooperation, the race relations paradigm would have emerged and been reproduced as the dominant integration model in the UK.…”
Section: Engaging In Research-policy Dialoguesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Like the Dutch anthropologists, the British sociology of race had its roots in the study of cultures abroad, namely in former British colonies. Only later would it turn towards the British home country (Bourne 1980). When the Institute for Race Relations (IRR) was established in 1952 (then still part of the Royal Institute for International Affairs), its sights were set on race relations abroad, whereas in subsequent decades it would become one of the leading institutes studying relations at home.…”
Section: The British Race Relations Industrymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It managed to acquire funding from the Social Science Research Council (SSRC, then the main body for funding academic research in the social sciences) to establish a (then fully funded) Research Unit on Ethnic Relations, which would later become the Centre for Research in Ethnic Relations (CRER) (Bourne 1980;Ratcliffe 2001). At the same time, IRR would remain more on the margins of British integration research.…”
Section: The British Race Relations Industrymentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…11 For a critique see J. Bourne and A. Sivanandan (1980). 12 See M. Mackintosh (1981), F. Edholm et al (1977) and N. Yuval-Davis (1982.…”
Section: Notesmentioning
confidence: 99%