Anti-racism, Multiculturalism and Human Rights : Reconceiving the Politics of Diversity in Employment and Education

This book unpacks the long-term impact on racism of positive action in employment and multicultural school curricula. It also explores whether international human rights law creates a duty for states to adopt these policies. The continuing prevalence of racial inequality and discrimination is well documented in the UK. While there are multiple accounts of how state institutions are shaped by and reproduce racism, much less has been said about their current and potential contribution to anti-racism. Positive action and multicultural curricula are not new and have long been advocated by multiculturalists, but this book systematically analyses how they can counter four structural drivers of racism: racialised national identities, racialised power inequalities, racial fearmongering, and racial segregation. The book goes on to examine the extent to which they have been implemented in the UK, as well as the legal and political opportunities for future development.