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Institutional racism and ethnic inequalities: an expanded multilevel framework

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PHILLIPS, CORETTA·2011·Journal of Social Policy

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The concept of institutional racism re-emerged in political discourse in the late 1990s after a long hiatus. Despite it initially seeming pivotal to New Labour's reform of policing and the antecedent of a new race equality agenda, it has remained a contested concept that has been critiqued by multiple constituencies. This paper notes the ambiguities and contradictions of the concept and considers its validity as an explanatory concept for long-observed ethnic inequalities in educational attainment and stop and search. In so doing, it argues for its retention, but only within a multilevel framework that incorporates racialisations operating at the micro, meso and macro levels.

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Authors
PHILLIPS, C.
Affiliations
London School of Economics and Political Science (GB)
Corresponding author
PHILLIPS, CORETTA
Venue
Journal of Social Policy
Published
2010-07-02
Volume
40
Issue
1
Pages
173-192
ISSN
  • 0047-2794 (ISSN-L)
  • 1469-7823
OpenAlex
W2117481880
Cited by
216
References
94
Citations by year
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FWCI
11.36
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Journal of Social Policy (publishedVersion)
  • London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science) (submittedVersion)
  • London School of Economics and Political Science Theses Online (London School of Economics and Political Science) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Critical Race Theory in Education
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social Movements and Cultural Identity
Keywords
institutional racism, ethnic inequality, multilevel analysis, racism, educational attainment, stop and search, racial equality, New Labour, police reform, conceptual critique

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