The freedom to be racist? : how the United States and Europe struggle to preserve freedom and combat racism

The freedom to be racist? : how the United States and Europe struggle to preserve freedom and combat racism / Erik Bleich.

Since the end of World War II, the balance between freedom of expression and the desire to deter racist speech has gradually tipped toward the latter throughout much of the Western world. This text focuses on the tension between combating racism and protecting freedom of speech in the US, France, Br...

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Main Author: Bleich, Erik
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Hate speech > Europe, Western.
Hate speech > United States.
Race discrimination > Law and legislation > Europe, Western.
Race discrimination > Law and legislation > United States.
Hate speech
Race discrimination > Law and legislation
Western Europe
United States
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Summary:Since the end of World War II, the balance between freedom of expression and the desire to deter racist speech has gradually tipped toward the latter throughout much of the Western world. This text focuses on the tension between combating racism and protecting freedom of speech in the US, France, Britain, and Germany.
Item Description:Title from home page (viewed Sept. 5, 2011).
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0199914575
9780199914579
1283269821
9781283269827
0190661690
9780190661694
0199739692
9780199739691
9786613269829
6613269824
0199876452
9780199876457
Language:English.

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