Racist Violence And The State

This text applies a comparative, research-based approach to the study of racist violence in Britain, France and the Netherlands since 1945. It analyzes the development of public and state attitudes to racist violence, setting this violence within a historical perspective. Racist Violence and the State is the first serious study to apply a comparative research-based approach to the study of racist violence in Britain, France and The Netherlands since 1945. Setting racist violence within a historical background of the post-imperialist legacy, the author presents an accessible, fascinating and highly original analysis of the development of public and state attitudes to racist violence over the past 50 years.