On Burnley Road, book reviews, articles
Process North’s Mike Waite is the author of On Burnley Road: Class, race and politics in a northern English town (2021, Lawrence Wishart Books). It received a range of positive reviews, including in The Guardian, London Review of Books, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Patterns of Prejudice and the Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire. Amongst Mike’s articles linked to the book is this on memories of deindustrialisation.
The latest book review on this site is a of a new book about the importance of understanding the roots of reactionary and racist politics so as to be able to overcome them.
For the Process North archive of previously published reviews, click here. Themes covered include good practice in conflict resolution; understanding and responding to extremism; and communications and media.
And click here for a discussion piece offering a provisional consideration of the relevance of Chantal Mouffe’s thought for conflict resolution work.