All over Europe, asylum-seekers, immigrants and minorities are increasingly finding themselves under violent attack. Who are the perpetrators? What are their motives? To what extent are right-wing or neo-Nazi organizations involved? How do the authorities and the police respond? What are the roles of the media, the public opinion and anti-racist movements? What can be done to stop the violence? These are questions addressed in this volume by some of Europe's leading experts on racism and racist violence.
Notes on the Contributors - Introduction; T.Bj rgo & R.Witte - The Pogrom Tradition in Eastern Europe; J.D.Klier - Terrorist Violence against Immigrants and Refugees in Scandinavia: Patterns and Motives; T.Bj rgo - Hostility and Violence Towards Foreigners in Germany; W.Heitmeyer - The Extreme Right and Racist Violence in the Netherlands; J.van Donselaar - The Cult of Violence: The Swedish Racist Counter-Culture; H.L w - International Nazi Cooperation: A Terrorist Orientated Network; E.Jensen - Racism and Racist Violence: Some Theories and Policy Perspectives; C.T.Husbands - Role of the Media in Racist Violence; T.Bj rgo - Racist Violence: An Issue on the Political Agenda?; R.Witte - Germany: Nationalism, Nazism and Violence; G.Atkinson - The Police and Racist Violence in Britain; P.Gordon - A Local Response to Racial Violence; B.Bowling & W.Saulsbury - A Double Standard: The Turkish State and Racist Violence; Y.Yesilg z - Between Freedom and Persecution: Roma in Romania; K.Reemstma - Racist Violence and Anti-Racist Reactions: A View of France; C.Lloyd - Bibliography - Index
