Reviews : Race in Britain: Continuity and Change CHARLES HUSBAND (Editor) Hutchinson University Library, 1982; £6.95; pb; pp 316
| Published date | 01 September 1982 |
| Author | D. Sleightholm |
| Date | 01 September 1982 |
| DOI | 10.1177/026455058202900320 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
114
Law
and
Order:
Arguments
for
Socialism
IAN
TAYLOR
The
MacMillan
Press
Ltd,
1981;
£4.95;
pb
Last
year’s
disturbances
in
Britain’s
inner
cities
brought
law
and
order
back
into
the
centre
of
the
political
arena.
The
reaction
of
the
Right
was
predictable;
renewed
emphasis
on
parents’
moral
responsibility,
swift
justice,
deterrent
sentences
and
a
hunt
for
subversive
ring-
leaders.
Long
before
the
summer
of
1981
Ian
Taylor
was
questioning
the
glib
liber-
alism
of
1960’s
radical
criminology.
In
his
view
socialists
can
no
longer
be
agnostic
with
regard
to
criminal
politics,
when
confronted
with
the
demands
of
working
people
(white
and
black),
women’s
organisations
and
entire
com-
munities
for
adequate
protection.
In
this
book
Taylor
considers
the
’mis-
taken
realism’
of
right-wing
criminology;
examines
the
strengths
and
limitations
of
post-war
social
democracy;
and
concludes
that
socialists
must
develop
an
alterna-
tive
strategy
with
popular
policies
on
prison,
the
police,
law
enforcement
and
women
and
the
law.
The
events
of
last
summer
have
made
his
arguments
all
the
mnre
iirgent-
D.
BRADBURY
Merseyside
Race
in
Britain:
Continuity
and
Change
CHARLES
HUSBAND
(Editor)
Hutchinson
University
Library,
1982;
£6.95;
pb;
pp
316
This
book
is
a
collection
of
essays
about
the
issue
of
race
in
Britain.
It
leads
one
exorably
to
the
conclusion
that
our
racial
problem
is
one
of the
attitudes
of
white
Britons.
It
explains
very
con-
vincingly
how
successively
more
restric-
tive
Immigration
Acts
have
legitimised
these
attitudes,
by
implying
that
the
real
problem
is
one
of
too
many
blacks.
The
first
section
is
entitled
’Race
in
Britain:
The
historical
Context’,
and
is
a
most
enlightening
pageant
of
European
attitudes
to
blacks,
those
of
the
English
in
particular.
Subsequent
sections
exam-
ine
the
role
of
government,
the
media,
and
racist
organisations
The
book
was
written
for
the
Open
University,
and
is
scholarly
in
presenta-
tion.
It
is
thorough
and
many
sections
rely
heavily
on
the
language
of
sociology.
Unless
you
are
at
home
with
this
lan-
guage,
you
will
find
it
hard
going.
Parts
of
it.
though.
redav
the
effort.
D.
SLEIGHTHOLM
Projects
Officer,
Suffolk
Incest:
A
Family
Pattern
JEAN
RENVOIZE
Routledge
and
Kegan
Paul
Ltd
1982;
£7.75;
hb;
pp
224
Jean
Renvoize
has
produced
a
wide
ranging
and
easily
read
book
on
the
subject,
dealing
both
with
father
daughter
relationships
and
other
forms
of
incest.
The
book
is
vividly
illustrated
by
case
studies
and
quotes
appropriate
sources
in
support
of
arguments.
Family
dynamics
and
the
question
of
legal
sanctions
are
discussed
and
the
book
concludes
with
a
chapter
on
treat-
ment.
This
is
useful
reading
for
proba-
tion
officers
and
others
who
frequently
encounter
incestuous
relationships
in
the
course
of
their
work.
It
is
a
valuable
contribution
on
a
subject
which
needs
to
be
opened
up
more.
As
Jean
Renvoize
concludes,
’It
is
more
wholesome
to
open
up
and
clean
out
a
dank
cellar
than
to
seal
it
un
and
let
its
contents
rot.’
ROGER SHAW
Probation
Officer,
Leicester
Down
the
Road:
Unemployment
and
the
Fight
for
the
Right
to
Work
SARAH
COX
AND
ROBERT
GOLDEN
Writers
and
Readers
Publishing
Coopera-
tive
1977;
£1.95;
pb;
pp
126
If
you
hate
jargon,
and
Marxist
and
Keynsian
analysis
confuse
you,
then
this
is
the
book
that
explains
it
all.
The
transfer
of
international
capital,
over
production,
overtime,
lack
of
investment
and
their
relation
to
unemployment
are
made
clear.
Difficult
concepts
are
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