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Oxford, 2003, pp238.
gender, ethnicity, migration, domestic work, Europe, political activism, citizenship, islamophobia.
An interesting theoretical article by A. Pinnacle on gender globalization and migration, an interesting theoretical and empirical article on muslim women in Italy critiquing knowledge production by Ruba Salih, articles on women migrants as political actors by Cathy Lloyd and by Ravi Thiara.
KNSB, BCP, trade union, past, present, congress, platform
A collection of articles dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the Confederation
of the Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria. Includes articles and documents
Dr. Zhelyazko Hristov - Chairman of the CITUB
Verso, 1991, pp232
theory, race.
Rejects notion of race as historic xenophobia; analyses it as a social relation linked to current economic and political structures.
Mary Davis
Trentham Books, 1994
women, migration, law, primary purpose rule, migration history, history of women migrants and black women’s struggles, UK
Effects of immigration policy on gender relations, comprehensive overview on women migrants’ situation. Though obviously not totally up to date, it gives a good empirical and theoretical grounding.
Umut Erel
Maisonneuve et Larose, Paris, 2001
Muslims, Bosnia, 'komshuluk', Bulgaria, Macedonia
This is a research on the modern Islam in the Balkans, the events happening in Bosnia and other Balkan countries, aswell as on the relations between Christians and Muslims on the Balkans.
Oxford University Press, 1975
UK, transport sector, racial discrimination, racism, workers.
This is a classic study of black and ethnic minorities workers in London Transport, written at a time that racial segmentation and discrimination were endemic and black workers suffered severe racial harassment and attack from fellow workers as well as members of the public. Brooks looks in detail at all sectors of London transport, including the Underground, buses, and other forms of transport, and traces the problems faced by ethnic minority workers, many of them recruited in the West Indies by London Transport. Fascinating.
Rebecca Gumbrell-McCormick
IMIR, Sofia, 2002 p.222
Exodus, Juden, Roma, Pomaken Turken,
The book considers the basic peculiarities of the politics against the ethnic and religious minorities in Bulgaria after WW2. Special attention is paid to the educationl level, the demographic and social structure as well as the urbanization of the different minority groups. Translated into Bulgarian from German.
Routledge, 1999
history, Britain, 20th century, race relations, Africa, Empire.
Unusual in that Bush analyses and links anti-colonial struggles in Africa with the development of both inter-war race theory and anti-racism in Britain.
Mary Davis
University of Wollongong Centre for Multicultural Studies Occasional Paper Series No. 18. 1990
Europe, comparative, trade unions, migration.
This was one of the first comparative international studies of trade unions and their representation of black and ethnic minority workers in Europe, but is very sketchy and has been largely surpassed by the work of Wrench and others.
Rebecca Gumbrell-McCormick
EVO-CARHOP-FEC, 1999
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Cet ouvrage retrace l’attitude des syndicats face au phénomène migratoire depuis la révolution industrielle. Comment le mouvement ouvrier a-t-il réagi face aux immigrés ? Quel accueil et quelles stratégies ont été développés vis-à-vis de ces travailleurs. Les auteures évoquent les luttes, mais aussi les acquis en matière de droit au travail, d’accès à la participation syndicale et aux élections sociales dans l’entreprise.
Nouria Ouali
Pluto Press, 1999
feminism, Britain, history.
Shows how the socialist Sylvia Pankhurst linked her socialism, feminism and anti-racism. See particularly Chapter 6 on anti-racism, anti-imperialism, anti-fascism.
Steve Jefferys
Ulrike Helmer, 2003
gender, migration, work, Germany, employment law, civil service, education, domestic work, social capital
Up to date overview of migrant women’s experiences in the labour market, formal and informal employment, relation between paid and unpaid work, domestic work, highly skilled work, school-work transition.
Umut Erel
Bristol Broadsides, 1986
UK, transport sector, racism, racial discrimination, workers
This study recounts the historic 1963 conflict over the introduction of black and ethnic minority bus workers in Bristol, exposing the considerable racism that existed at the time among the white force and within the trade unions.
Directorate-General for Employment, Industrial Relations and Social Affairs Unit D/3, 2003
Europe, diversity, economics.
This study examines the measurement of the costs and benefits of workforce diversity policies in particular, the voluntary initiatives by businesses to recruit, retain and develop employees from diverse social backgrounds. It finds that companies with active diversity policies strengthened cultural values within the organisation, enhanced their corporate reputation and were better able to attract and retain highly talented people. The policies also helped overcome labour shortages and reduced labour turnover.
Sonia McKay
ETUC, 2003
trade unions, migrant workers, union structures, Europe.
This is based on a survey carried out by the Labour Research Department, London with a brief to identify the difficulties faced by migrants and second generation migrant ethnic minorities in the labour market and also to record the steps that their union movements had taken to overcome their disadvantage. The survey records the practice of unions in 17 European states. Twenty-four union confederations took part in the survey which found that in every case they had considered that migrants and ethnic minorities faced difficulties relative to the rest of the workforce.
Sonia McKay
Institute of Race Relations (IRR), 1997
racism, EU, Europe, work, human trafficking
Academic and activist accounts of European racism, welfare, undocumented migrants, cultural racism, and of European migration regimes.
Umut Erel
JCWI, 2003
immigration policy, UK, asylum, New Labour, labour migration.
This is an activist pamphlet that asseses up to date developments of New Labour’s migration policy, in particular asylum policy.
Umut Erel
Pluto Press, 1984
minorities, Great Britain, history.
The first attempt to provide a history of black people in Britain. It stands the test of time. Well researched and essential reading for anyone new to this area.
Mary Davis
Sofia, 1961 pp 19.
Bulgarians, Turks, minorities
Sofia, 1968 pp 29-30.
Socialism, Gypsies, Bulgaria, accession, culture, employment, education
History of policies towards Gypsies during the Socialist period in Bulgaria.
Home Office, 2002
migrants, impact of migration, labour market performance.
This paper provides information on the existing knowledge on the economics of migration and summarise the results from several pieces of work commissioned and conducted by the Home Office and the Department for Work & Pensions. It looks at who are the “migrant” population in the UK and where they come from and at their performance in the labour market and what drives this performance. The reports estimate that around 10% of those of working age population in the UK are foreign-born and that they represent a diverse group, coming from a wide range of countries, from very different parts of the world.
Sonia McKay
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TUC, 2002
immigration; trade unions; rights at work.
This handbook was produced to assist trade unions in advising and organising migrant workers. It aims to ensure that employers and the government do not try to solve long-term shortcomings in pay, conditions and training with short-term, stop-gap measures. At the same time the TUC, in its Preface to the publication, says that it’s aim is to “hold out the hand of friendship to workers new to our shores, bring them into the movement, argue their cause and defend them from exploitation. The handbook offers detailed legal guidance on immigration entitlement and on rights at work from the perspective of the migrant worker.
Sonia Mckay
Phoenix Press, 2001
Britain, imperialism, history.
A good introduction – Judd selects major episodes in British imperial history. Chapter 25 on partition of India gives useful insight into Labour’s colonial policy as does Chapter 28 on Rhodesia.
Mary Davis
Archive of IMIR, Sofia, 2002, pp 13
emigration, Rhodopes, Turks, Pomaks, attitudes, Westen Europe, USA
An anthropological survey of the migartional attitudes of Pomaks and Turks from the Rhodopi mountain to Europe and the USA.
Routledge, 2000
gender, migration, racism, social welfare, citizenship, migration, women’s work, migrant activism.
A gendered account of migration in Europe, benefits from cross-national comparisons, interesting account of migrant women’s relation to welfare and citizenship, focus on migrant women’s agency and political activism.
Umut Erel
Ravenna: Longo Editore, 1997
Pomaks, Turks, Gagaus, Tartars, Jews, Armenians, Catholics.
This is an encyclopaedical publication containing articles dedicated to the biggest ethnic and religious groups in Bulgaria.
Varna, 2002, pp 27
Turks, interethnic relations, Bulgarians, Bulgaria, survey
Fieldwork and analysis on the interethnic relations in some settlements of North-Eastern Bulgaria and the relations between Bulgarians and Turks in mixed regions in particular.
Steve Jefferys
University of Nottingham, 2002
earnings; unemployment; discrimination
This compares the earnings of immigrants from refugee sending countries and those from non-refugee countries and finds that non-white refugees forced to move exhibit a higher earnings penalty and are more likely to be unemployed. However, white refugees have no significant earnings penalty, relative to UK born whites. The report attributes these differences to discrimination and non-assimilation. The research also finds that recently arrived non-refugees gain an earnings premium and that UK born South Asians and non-whites earn more than those born abroad.
Sonia McKay
Home Office, 2002
comparative, high skills, work permits.
This is a major study of the highly skilled schemes or policy measures introduced in ten countries with the aim of encouraging the entry of skilled migrant workers. The countries, which include the UK, France, Ireland, The Netherlands and Norway, have in many cases modified their entry and permit requirements to encourage the arrival of this group of migrant workers. The report provides a detailed and informative breakdown of work permit requirements for the highly skilled in each of the countries surveyed.
Sonia McKay
University of Manchester Press, 1986
imperialism, Great Britain, public opinion, 19th century.
Very important early study of means used to disseminate imperial and race ‘culture’ to ‘the masses’
Mary Davis
Palgrave Macmillan, 1996
society, politics, philosophy, history.
An important book dealing with the origins of racial differences.
Mary Davis
Institute of Employment Rights, 1995
UK, racism, racial discrimination, workers, labour market, trade unions
This pamphlet gives a good comprehensive introduction to the problems faced by black and ethnic minority workers at the workplace and in the labour market. It focuses on racial discrimination in hiring, wages, promotion, and other areas, and also looks at the racial segmentation of the labour market and at the role of the trade unions in combating racism.
Rebecca Gumbrell-McCormick
Sofia, 2002
poverty, dynamics, post-communism, households
This is a part of a big international research studying the dynamics of poverty in 5 post-communist countries. For Bulgaria, the stress is made on the situation of the Roma population and the poverty levels among them.
Sofia, 1976, pp. 34,36,37-40.
trade unions, history, revolution, development
History of thade union movement in Bulgaria during the period 1904-1974. An accent has been laid on different activities organized by the trade unions during the period under review.
Turks, Pomaks, Roma, Bulgarians, poverty, unemployment, health care.
A sociological survey on the condition of the ethnic communities during the period of transition to market economy.
Islam, The Balkans, Arabs, Europe, Islam orders, bektashi
This is a description of the specifics of Islam on the Balkans, the spread of different Muslim orders
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Runnymede Trust, 2002
ethnic minorities, Black people, UK, asylum, immigration law, institutional racism.
Multi-authored report dealing with diverse areas of life of ethnic minority and majority people, looks at issues of racism and resistance against racism, includes issues of anti-refugee racism.
Umut Erel
Berghahn Books, 2003
Europe, comparative, racism, racial discrimination, migrants, immigrants, workers.
This book is a major contribution to the study of trade unions and their sometimes ambiguous role in relation to black and ethnic minority workers, especially immigrants, in key European countries. It has excellent contributions on individual countries by Wrench (UK), Roosblad (Netherlands), Kühne (Germany), among others, and an excellent introduction by the editors focusing on the international patterns of inclusion and exclusion of black workers.
Rebecca Gumbrell-McCormick
London: Hurst, 1997
Bulgaria, Albania, Macedonia, Muslims, Turks, Albanians, 'bektashi'
A Collection of articles written by different authors about Muslims in the Balkans, their human rights and the different Muslim orders.
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Wildwood House, 1987
Black people, Britain, immigration, work
A pioneering study of the history of black workers. Written at a time when few had given much thought to race, let alone made the connection between race and class.
Mary Davis
Pluto Press, 1999
Black people, Britain, immigration
A survey of 500 years of black and Asian British history, over half of which deals with immigration post 1956.
Mary Davis
RETAS, 2002, pp99
foreign qualifications; recognition of qualifications
The research looks at the procedures for the recognition of foreign qualifications in Belgium, Germany, Spain, Italy, The Netherlands and the UK. In every case if finds that refugees face great difficulties throughout the process of recognition and that there is an under-valuation of their original education and training. The outcome is a massive loss of labour potential which the author’s say lend force to “misrepresentations of refugees as an unmotivated, unreliable, unskilled source of labour”.
Sonia McKay
Archive of the Institute of Social and Trade Union Researches (ISTUR), 1994,
pp.35-36,40.
labour market, priavtization, ethically mixxed regions, interethnic relations
The research studies the privatization processes and the changes of the interethnic relations in the work teams, the new unemployment and the place of the ethnic representatives on the labour market.
Steve Jefferys
Aksant, 2003
Netherlands, Holland, trade unions, racism, racial discrimination, immigrants, workers
This work is one of the first important studies in any language of the attitudes and actions of trade unions in relation to black and ethnic minority workers in Europe. It presents the history of Dutch trade union policy towards immigration, and toward black and ethnic minority workers in the Netherlands, since the war. Its thorough examination of the present situation within the trade unions looks at the national, regional, and local levels of trade union organisation in a country that is now seen as a model for effective race relations.
Rebecca Gumbrell-McCormick
Sofia, NSI, Archives of the ISTUR, 2002 pp. 25
migrations, politics, statistics, data, census, national statistics.
The survey is conducted by the National Statistical Institute on Bulagria's migrational policy and the migrantional attitudes among the population.
DfES, 2001
training; labour market barriers; language; employers’ expectations.
The report looks at the experiences of language learners, their teachers and employers. It finds that second language learners have a high motivation to succeed and that absence of language proficiency is a crucial barrier to their obtaining a job. Employers’ expectations of fluency in English and unfamiliarity with work culture in the UK are also identified as barriers to employment. The report recommends further research on the impact of language on employment.
Sonia McKay
Home Office, 2003
labour market disadvantages; qualifications; discrimination; immigration policy; language; health.
Empirical investigations based on two main data sources, the Fourth National Survey of Ethnic Minorities and the Health Survey of England 1999. This finds that educational qualifications significantly enhance the employment prospects and participation probabilities of ethnic minority migrants, especially among females. UK qualifications, in particular, provide ethnic minority migrants with a labour market advantage, compared to those obtained abroad. However, recently arrived female ethnic minority migrants are significantly less likely to access the labour market or achieve employment. In terms of language skills, the research finds that English fluency rewards most those in the most disadvantaged ethnic groups. In terms of health and well-being employment success significantly enhances this, in comparison to being unemployed.
Sonia Mckay
Refugee Council, 2002
age, qualification, language.
The Pan London Refugee commissioned this research Training and Employment Network to identify the major employment barriers experienced by refugees. It affirms that the “waste of refugees’ untapped resources needs to be addressed”. The report identifies a number of barriers including language, employers’ negative stereotyping and non-recognition of overseas qualifications. The report identifies age as a factor influencing entry into employment, with younger refugees experiencing fewer employment barriers. However, language barriers still stand in the way of those trying to access apprenticeships and the New Deal routes followed by other young people. In terms of routes to employment the research suggests that it is professionals with managerial and administrative backgrounds that are the most disadvantaged group in terms of access to employment.
Sonia McKay
Palgrave Macmillan, 2003
UK, racism, racial discrimination, law, society, culture, theory, history.
This new edition of the classic 1989 study of racism and racial discrimination in Britain adds important new information on the situation of black and ethnic minorities in Britain during the Thatcher and New Labour years, and adds considerable theoretical and analytical focus to what was already an essential work on the subject.
Rebecca Gumbrell-McCormick
University of N.Carolina Press, 1990
Great Britain, 20th century, eugenics.
Useful analysis of the immensely influential eugenics movement in Britain.
Mary Davis
Bratislava, UNDP, 2002
Gypsy, Roma, transition, households, self-identification, nutrition, etnic identity, demography
A comparative analysis of Roma in five post-communist countries. An attempt is made to follow the levels of their desintegration in the corresponding societies, to trecommend policies and good practicies for their inclusion.
IMIR, 1995
Gypsy, Roma, transition, households, self-identification, nutrition, etnic identity, demography
The aim of this book is to pick up current, representative and reliable information about Gypsies in Bulgaria, the demographic processes, which characterise their community, the socio-economic, cultural and health status of the Roma in the transition period.
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Palgrave Macmillan, 2003
UK, ethnic minorities, labour market, racial discrimination
Based on the most recent Labour Force Survey (2002), this lucid analysis confirms the continuing disadvantage in employment of both British born minorities and immigrants. Recent economic recovery has slightly narrowed the differentials between white UK-born whites and UK-born ethnic minorities immigrants, but employment rates remain lower for ethnic minorities, particularly for Afro-Caribbean and Bangladeshi men, while ethnic minority women fare somewhat better.
Rebecca Gumbrell-McCormick
New York University Press, 2001
Antiracism, Feminism, Transnationalism, Coalition Politics, List of Feminist Antiracist Organizations and Events.
Interesting account of Political Activism combining identity politics and coalition politics, articles on sex work and antiracism. Interesting introduction to Feminist antiracist strategies in French Schools by Jane Freedman. Articles are very international in scope but rely on a US- centred analysis/ vocabulary.
Umut Erel
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Macmillan Press Ltd, 1999,
Cet article analyse les différentes stratégies déployées par les organisations syndicales face à l’immigration et pour défendre le principe d’égalité de traitement entre les travailleurs.
Nouria Ouali
Policy Papers in Ethnic Relations No. 5 Centre for Research in Ethnic Relations, 1986
UK, racism, racial discrimination, trade unions, workers
This was the first major contribution by one of today’s leading experts on the field of racism and the trade union movement in Britain. Wrench traces the history of black and ethnic minority involvement in the trade unions through a series of key disputes, such as Imperial Typewriter, Mansfield Hosiery, and Grunwick, and demonstrates how prevalent racist attitudes and actions have been within the white workforce as well as within the trade union movement itself, as well as the beginnings of change through black self-organisation and anti-racist policies and campaigns.
Rebecca Gumbrell-McCormick
Research Paper in Ethnic Relations No. 21 Centre for Research in Ethnic Relations. 1995
UK, race, racism, racial discrimination, trade unions, workers, immigrants, poverty, community organisations
This study focuses on two cases of industrial disputes involving black and ethnic minority workers and their unions in the UK. Both cases involve largely unskilled workers, many of them immigrants, and the authors indicate all the difficulties in organising and effectively representing these workers. The cases also show the important role of local community-based organisations in supporting ethnic minority workers, sometimes in conflict with the official trade union organisation.
Rebecca Gumbrell-McCormick
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, 1996
Europe, comparison, racism, racial discrimination, workers, trade unions, employers.
This work provides an extensive comparative study of the situation of black and ethnic minority workers across Europe, based on a survey of 16 European countries. It focuses on racial discrimination in the labour market, both direct and indirect, but also outlines national policies against racism and discrimination at the workplace, as well as employers’ and trade union policies. It gives a good overview of European-level legislation and EU initiatives.
Rebecca Gumbrell-McCormick
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Brill. Leiden-Boston-Koln, 2002
historiography, bibliography, Macedonians, Albanians, Turks, Pomaks
This is a historiographical study dedicated to the Balkan historiography and the way they present the establishing of the Muslim communities in each Balkan country.
East European Cinstitutional Review, Vol. 10, N 4, 2001
Turks, minority, interethnic, ethnic model
Short comments on the history of the Turkish minority in Bulgaria, the interethnic relations and the nature of the Bulgarian ethnic model.
Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado,1998, pp.165-189
Turks, Muslims, Gypsies, Jews, Armenians, Bulgaria, politics, economics.
A short history of all minorities in Bulgaria with an accent on the Muslim minorities.
IMIR, 1998
adaptaion, migration, nostalgia, emigrant, settler, refugee flows, politburo, Bursa
This is the third book of the series "The Faith of the Muslim Communities in the Balkans". It is dedicated to the Bulgarian Turks who left Bulgaria and settled in Turkey. This is the first attempt to study the migration of hundreds of people, their individual and collective philosophy and their efforts to preserve as identities and personalities in the process of adaptation in a different world.
IMIR, 1995, pp 395
bulgarian turks, jews, gypsies; compatibility and incompatibility; bulgarian coexistence; otherness; dual code; religious tolerance, history, ethnology, sociology
A Collection of articles on 'The Notion of the Other' and ethnological and sociological studies on Compatibility nd Incompatibility in the Evereday Life between Christians and Muslims in Bulgaria
Antonina Zhelyazkova and Jorgen Nielsen
IMIR, 1997
This book lays the beginning of a book series titled: The Fate of Muslim Communities in the Balkans. The topic has been chosen because it is topical both for Bulgaria and for all Balkan countries
Antonina Zhelyazkova
Tavistock, 1970
This book, brought out by the British Sociological Association, brings together essays by some of the UK’s most influential sociologists and race relations specialists, including Zubaida, Banton, and Rex. It represented a step forward in the conceptualisation of race and racism in the UK, although it has been surpassed by later works.
Rebecca Gumbrell-McCormick
