The Beginning and the End of the Racial Issue in British Politics
- 1 January 1987
- journal article
- Published by Bristol University Press in Policy & Politics
- Vol. 15 (1) , 39-47
- https://doi.org/10.1332/030557387782514627
Abstract
New Commonwealth immigration became an electoral issue in the early 1960s. Some writers have referred to it as a racial issue, which is questionable. Interpretations from conservative, liberal and radical stand-points are compared. The evidence from opinion polls may be seen as expressing either racialism or social distance. It is difficult to determine when the issue came to an end. On one view it has changed character and continues. New electoral issues could be given a racial twist.Keywords
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