Part of the problem or part of the solution? Commissioned research and the political creation of "race" meaning

Kay Hampton

Part of the problem or part of the solution? Commissioned research and the political creation of "race" meaning

Kay Hampton

Glasgow Caledonian University

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Abstract

Drawing on twelve personal publications arising from eight empirical contract research projects in Scotland, the paper will illuminate ways in which applied research, commissioned by state institutions, shape & sustain political notions of "race". Arguing from a Race Formation perspective (Winant), the paper will explain how "race" as a process, is continually created, destroyed & re-invented in policy directed research processes, structures & relationships. A central argument in this paper will be that in an absence of an agreed "common-sense" meaning of "race" in Britain, local research participants' understandings of "race" & racialised inequalities are principally influenced by state driven ideologies.

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2010
Event	XVII ISA World Congress of Sociology - Gothenburg, Sweden Duration: 11 Jul 2010 → 17 Jul 2010 https://www.isa-sociology.org/en/conferences/world-congress/gothenburg-2010/ (Link to conference website)

Conference

Conference	XVII ISA World Congress of Sociology
Country/Territory	Sweden
City	Gothenburg
Period	11/07/10 → 17/07/10
Other	Sociology on the Move
Internet address	https://www.isa-sociology.org/en/conferences/world-congress/gothenburg-2010/ (Link to conference website)

Keywords

equality
sociology
policy

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Part of the problem or part of the solution? Commissioned research and the political creation of "race" meaning

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