Outputs (2)

The war on welfare and the war on asylum (2015)
Journal Article
Burnett, J. (2015). The war on welfare and the war on asylum. Race & class, 57(2), 96-100. https://doi.org/10.1177/0306396815595919

This articles examines the parallels between the UK government’s ‘war’ on welfare and ‘war’ on asylum, in terms of the creation of widespread destitution and the rhetoric which punishes those depicted as ‘bogus’. In both cases, large private corporat... Read More about The war on welfare and the war on asylum.

Anti racism: totem and taboo – a review article (2015)
Journal Article
Burnett, J. (2015). Anti racism: totem and taboo – a review article. Race & class, 57(1), 78-87. https://doi.org/10.1177/0306396815582006

Against a backdrop of punishing austerity measures, the ascent of the neoliberal project and the undermining of multiculturalism, anti-anti-racism is seeing a renascence in the UK. This resurgent critique decries anti-racism as set against white work... Read More about Anti racism: totem and taboo – a review article.