In the first book of its kind, Bassel and Emejulu explore minority women’s experiences of and resistances to austerity measures in France and Britain. Minority women are often portrayed as passive victims. However, Minority women and austerity demonstrates how they use their race, class, gender and legal status as a resource for collective action in the face of the neoliberal colonisation of non-governmental organisations, the failures of left-wing politics and the patronising initiatives of policy-makers.
Using in-depth case studies, this book explores the changing relations between the state, the market and civil society which create opportunities and dilemmas for minority women activists. Through an intersectional ‘politics of survival’ these women seek to subvert the dominant narratives of ‘crisis’ and ‘activism’.
75 FOUR The experience of other minorities Introduction The term ‘minorities’ is used here in a political sense to indicate the position of individuals and groups who may lack effective representation and political power, and whose needs tend to be neglected or ignored. It is intended to describe the status and social and economic position of a group rather than provide any indication of their size. It was noted earlier that the most common experience of minorities in rural areas is of relative disadvantage compared to other groups, and that owing to
If prison regimes had continued as normal during the COVID-19 lockdown, social distancing would have been impossible. Therefore, sweeping restrictions were imposed confining prisoners to their cells, cancelling communal activity and prohibiting visits from family and friends.
This insightful book identifies the risks posed by prison lockdowns to minority ethnic prisoners, foreign national prisoners and prisoners from Traveller and Roma communities across the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. It documents the unequal impacts on their mental and physical health, feelings of isolation and fear, access to services and contact with visitors.
The legacy of the lockdown will be profound. This book exposes the long-term significance and impact on minority ethnic prisoners.
In this crucial contribution to current debates, Natalie Darko exposes the misconception that health research and health services are equally effective for all and highlights their failures in engaging with Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) groups.
Drawing on case studies, this book presents essential examples of culturally tailored recruitment, engagement and partnerships with BME groups in research and public engagement. Drawing attention to the organisational, structural and cultural barriers that prevent access for BME groups, this important book exposes the practices within health research, clinical practice, commissioning and health services that perpetuate the stereotyping of BME groups as ‘hard to reach’.
Disproportionate Minority Contact (DMC) refers to the proportional overrepresentation of minority youth at each step of the juvenile justice system.
This book addresses the issue of color-blind racism through an examination of the circular logic used by the juvenile justice system to criminalize non-White youth.
Drawing on original data, including interviews with court and probation officers and juvenile self-reports, the authors call for a need to understand racial and ethnic inequality in the juvenile justice system from a structural perspective rather than simply at the level of individual bias.
This unique research will contribute to larger discussions on how race operates in the United States.
Introduction Social workers’ dropout of their profession has been identified in various forms in many countries ( McFadden et al, 2020 ; Ravalier, 2020 ; YouGov, 2020 ; Wang et al, 2020 ; Hu et al, 2021 ; Zychlinski et al, 2021 ). There are no statistics confirming the extent of this dropout phenomenon for minority-group social workers. In Israel, the most recent protest by social workers in June 2020 related to work conditions, highlighting the continuation of a trend of social worker dropout to the extent of creating a ‘problem necessitating
small children or are pregnant when they are sent to prison. In a word, they are the forgotten minority who should be given a voice. 1 ‘Ill-adapted correctional policies borrowed from models designed for men’ Ministers have rejected hospital proposals which would have ended the controversial practice of shackling pregnant women prisoners to prevent escapes Secretly filmed footage, broadcast on Channel 4 last week, showed a Holloway prisoner, named only as Annette, shackled to warders only an hour after giving birth. Witnesses said she had been restrained
). In the context of the COVID-19 vaccine trials, recent studies have examined barriers to participation among minority populations. Ekezie and colleagues (2021 ) found that there was agreement across ethnicities that clinical research was necessary, but many were wary of visiting hospitals for vaccine trials that required physical examinations or blood tests. Additionally, language differences, fears (of contracting the virus, side effects, or lack of support if complications arose) and suspicion of hidden agendas behind the vaccine were also noted as barriers to
This chapter explores the processes by which relations can break down between police and minority groups, especially those from visible ethnic minority groups. It presents evidence about the processes through which trust in the police can slip away if stereotyping and racial discrimination go unaddressed. The chapter devotes most attention to the policing of ethnic minority groups, in particular, to visible ethnic minority groups. However, the analysis is applicable to many other minority groups that are socially marginalised and exposed to routine
