ABSTRACT
In this concluding chapter we want to take the opportunity to reflect back upon some of the broader issues raised by our research and relate them to another key question: namely, the place of racialised minorities in the changing political environment of contemporary societies. Any rounded analysis of this issue needs to include the political dimension as one of its main concerns, as can be seen from developments in a wide variety of societies in recent years. In particular, the growing political influence of racist movements, combined with attempts to mobilise antiracist movements, has given added weight to the need to understand the dynamics of racialised political processes at both macro and micro levels. We hope this is precisely what we have helped to do through the detailed analysis to be found in this volume.
