Black and ethnic leaderships in Britain : the cultural dimensions of political action

Aimed at academics and students of anthropology, race and ethnic studies, sociology and cultural studies, this volume examines the different forms of leadership in Britain's black and ethnic communities, whose members originally came from the Caribbean and South Asia. Over the centuries, Britain has received and absorbed large numbers of people from other countries andmany Britons went abroad to the colonies as rulers, administrators, soldiers, business people, etc., torepresent the Empire. But it is only in the last forty years that Britain has received in significant numbersfrom the former colonies workers and their dependants whose colour differs from that of the indigenouspopulation. The main sources of this immigration are the New Commonwealth countries (includingPakistan) of the Indian subcontinent and the West Indies. The estimated present-day number First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.