Conservative Ideology and Race in Modern British Politics

The Redefinition of the Concept of Nationality in the UK: Between Historical Responsibility and Normative Challenges

“…6 The term 'Powellism' refers to Enoch Powell's attempt to revive past notions of English nationalism and values against the threat of the 'foreigner'. Powell's impact on the debate on British national identity is discussed in Rich, 1986. 7 Select Committee on Foreign Affairs, 1998; Cook, 1999. 8 'Patriality' referred to those who had special ties of blood and kinship including most, but not all, citizens of the United Kingdom and its colonies, and several million Commonwealth country citizens. Everyone else British Commonwealth or alien was non-patrial and subject to control.…”

“…6The term ‘Powellism’ refers to Enoch Powell's attempt to revive past notions of English nationalism and values against the threat of the ‘foreigner’. Powell's impact on the debate on British national identity is discussed in Rich, 1986.…”

Identity and support for policies towards Indigenous people: Evidence from Australia

“…A clear finding that emerges from this study is the relevance of political ideology for Indigenous-focused policy preferences and initiatives, which relates to the literature that engages with the links between political ideology and its role in shaping attitudes towards minorities (Bailey and Williams 2016;Poteat and Mereish 2012;Rich 1986;Sidanius et al 1996;Whitley Jr 1999). The closest to our study is that by Langford and Ponting (1992), which draws on a nationally representative dataset of individuals in Canada to show that a moderate to large proportion of the variation in non-aboriginal responses to aboriginal issues can be explained by prejudice, economic conservatism, and perceived conflict of group interests.…”

A Late, Though Not Lost, Opportunity: Ethnic Minority Electors, Party Strategy and the Conservative Party

“…It is not surprising that for many in the party, weaned on the attempt to seek a middle way as the immigration question rose in prominence in the 1950s and 1960s, this direction was unappealing in substance as well as in style. 7 Into this context was injected the Community Relations Commission report. The survey showed two things: first, ethnic minority voters had backed Labour by a very large margin (see Table 1); and secondly, they had been strategically well placed to help Labour win Tory marginals or else hold on to vulnerable seats.…”