Alana Lentin

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name = Dr Alana Lentin


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occupation = Political sociologist, Social theorist, Lecturer
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Dr Alana Lentin, born 16 March 1973, is a political sociologist and social theorist and works on the critical theorisation of race, racism and anti-racism and the contemporary politics of (im)migration and collective action for migrants' rights. She is currently is a Lecturer in Sociology (Social Theory and Political sociology) at the University of Sussex, UK.

Research

Race critical theory; racism and anti-racism; contemporary politics of race and (im)migration; pro-migration collective action in Europe (UK, Italy, France); anti-postcolonialism in contemporary French politics.

Publications

Books

* [http://www.plutobooks.com/cgi-local/nplutobrows.pl?chkisbn=0745322204&main=&second=&third=&foo=../ssi/ssfooter.ssi/ Racism and Anti-Racism in Europe] (Pluto Press, 2004)
* [http://worldcat.org/oclc/71889854&referer=brief_results/ Race and State] (Cambridge Scholars' Press, 2006)
*Racism: A beginner's guide (OneWorld, forthcoming)

Refereed Journals

*Replacing “Race”: Historicising the “culture” in multiculturalism’ "Patterns of Prejudice", 39(4) December 2005: 379-396..
*Racial States, Anti-Racist Responses: Picking holes in “culture” and “human rights”,’ "European Journal of Social Theory" 7(4) November 2004: 427-443.
*“Race” and Western Culture’, "European Journal of Social Theory", 4(4) November 2001: 516-525.
*“Race”, Racism, Anti-Racism: Challenging contemporary classifications’, "Social Identities" 6(1), March 2000: 91-106.
*‘Structure, Strategy, Sustainability: What future for New Social Movement theory?’, [http://www.socresonline.org.uk Sociological Research Online] 4(3),September 1999.

Edited Volumes

*‘Israel,’ in Matthew J. Gibney and Randall Hansen (Eds.) Immigration and Asylum: An Encyclopedia. Oxford: ABC-CLIO, 2005.
*‘The Problem of Culture & Human Rights in the Response to Racism’, Resituating Culture, Council of Europe, 2004.
*‘Introduction’ (Ed.) Learning from Violence – The Youth Dimension, Council of Europe, 2004.
*‘Anti-racism in Ireland,’ in Niamh Hourigan and Linda Connolly (Eds.), Social Movements and Ireland. Manchester: Manchester University Press, forthcoming 2006.
*‘Racism, Anti-racism and the Western State’ Delanty, G., Wodak, R., and Jones, P. (Eds.), Migrant Voices: Discourses of Belonging and Exclusion. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, forthcoming 2006
*‘Introduction’, in Alana Lentin and Ronit Lentin (Eds.), Race and State. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars’ Press, forthcoming 2006.
*‘Deauthenticating Fanon: Self-organised anti-racism and the politics of experience,’ in Alana Lentin and Ronit Lentin (Eds.) Race and State. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars’ Press, forthcoming 2006.

Reviews

*Gilroy, P. After Empire: Melancholia or Communal Culture, Abingdon and New York: Routledge, 2004; Between Camps: Nations, Cultures and the Allure of Race, Abingdon and New York: Routledge, 2004. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 29(1) January 2006:186-207.
*Garner, S., Racism in the Irish Experience. London: Pluto Press, 2004. European Journal of Social Theory 7(4), November 2004: 549-552.
*Hanagan, M. and Tilly, C., Extending Citizenship, Reconfiguring States. London: Lanham, Rowman and Littlefield, 1999. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 24(5), September 2001.
*Marqusee, M., Redemption Song: Muhammad Ali and the Spirit of the Sixties, London: Verso, 2000. Social Identities 8 (1): 191-195.

Articles on Websites

*‘The Intifada of the Banlieues’. [http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=6&debateId=28&articleId=3037 / Open Democracy] .
*‘Multiculturalism or Anti-Racism?’, Translating Differences: The multiculturalism debate. [http://www.opendemocracy.net/ Open Democracy]
*‘Racism and Human Rights: Towards a new humanism?’. [http://www.voiceoftheturtle.org/ Voice of the Turtle]

External links

* [http://www.alanalentin.net/ Official Website]
* [http://www.sussex.ac.uk/sociology/profile26801.html/ Profile on Sussex University Website]