Professor Satnam Virdee

  • Professor of Sociology (Sociology)

telephone: 01413305355
email: Satnam.Virdee@glasgow.ac.uk

R1002 Level 10, Sociology, Adam Smith Building, Glasgow G12 8RT

ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8995-0827

Research interests

Satnam Virdee is Professor of Sociology and Founding Director of the University of Glasgow’s Centre for Research on Racism, Ethnicity and Nationalism (CRREN). Educated at the Universities of Westminster, Brunel and Warwick, Professor Virdee was a researcher at the Policy Studies Institute in London, and then Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Strathclyde before joining the University of Glasgow in 2001.  

A historical and political sociologist with substantive research interests in racism, class and social movements as well as theories and histories of the making of the modern world, Professor Virdee is the author of 6 books (2 sole-authored and 4 co-authored) and more than 60 articles and essays. In 2016, he was a visiting scholar at the Havens Centre for Social Justice, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA where he gave a series of lectures on 'Race, Class and the Making of Postcolonial Britain'. In 2018, he delivered The Sociological Review Annual Lecture and was also elected Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS).  

Professor Virdee is currently co-editor of the book series Racism, Resistance and Social Change published by Manchester University Press (with Professor John Solomos and Dr. Aaron Winter), see here for further information.

To find out more about his work and the approach that undergirds it, please read this interview with artist Jagdish Patel for Media Diversified. 

Book cover: Racism, Class and the Radicalized OutsiderVirdee, S. (2014) Racism, Class and the Racialized Outsider. Palgrave Macmillan
Satnam Virdee - No Problem Here

Davidson, N., Liinpää, M., McBride, M. and Virdee, S. (Eds.) (2018) No Problem Here: Racism in Scotland. Luath Press: Edinburgh. ISBN 9781912147304

Book Cover: Race and Crises - Satname Virdee

Gupta, S. and Virdee, S. (Eds.) (2018) Race and Crisis. Routledge. ISBN 9781138393707

Patterns of Prejudice Image

McGeever, B. and Virdee, S. (Eds) (2017) Antisemitism and Socialist Strategy in Europe 1880-1917 Patterns of Prejudice 51: 3-4: 221-373.

Publications

Selected publications

Virdee, S. (2019) Racialized capitalism: an account of its contested origins and consolidation. Sociological Review, 67(1), pp. 3-27. (doi: 10.1177/0038026118820293)

Virdee, S. and McGeever, B. (2018) Racism, crisis, Brexit. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 41(10), pp. 1802-1819. (doi: 10.1080/01419870.2017.1361544)

Virdee, S. (2017) Socialist antisemitism and its discontents in England, 1884–98. Patterns of Prejudice, 51(3-4), pp. 356-373. (doi: 10.1080/0031322X.2017.1335029)

Virdee, S. (2017) The second sight of racialised outsiders in the imperialist core. Third World Quarterly, 38(11), pp. 2396-2410. (doi: 10.1080/01436597.2017.1328274)

Ashe, S., Virdee, S. and Brown, L. (2016) Striking back against racist violence in the East End of London, 1968-1970. Race and Class, 58(1), pp. 34-54. (doi: 10.1177/0306396816642997)

Virdee, S. (2015) Opening a dialogue on race, class and national belonging. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 38(13), pp. 2259-2266. (doi: 10.1080/01419870.2015.1058508)

Virdee, S. (2014) Racism, Class and the Racialized Outsider. Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke. ISBN 9780230551633

All publications

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Number of items: 66.

2020

Bhattacharyya, G., Virdee, S. and Winter, A. (2020) Revisiting histories of anti-racist thought and activism. Identities, 27(1), pp. 1-19. (doi: 10.1080/1070289X.2019.1647686)

2019

Virdee, S. (2019) Racialized capitalism: an account of its contested origins and consolidation. Sociological Review, 67(1), pp. 3-27. (doi: 10.1177/0038026118820293)

Virdee, S. (2019) Class, racism and the politics of vacuum. In: Perryman, M. (ed.) Corbynism from Below. Lawrence and Wishart: London. ISBN 9781912064250 (In Press)

2018

Gupta, S. and Virdee, S. (Eds.) (2018) Race and Crisis. Series: Ethnic and Racial Studies. Routledge. ISBN 9781138393707

McGeever, B. and Virdee, S. (2018) Race, class and Brexit: how did we get here? [Website]

Davidson, N., Liinpää, M., Mcbride, M. and Virdee, S. (Eds.) (2018) No Problem Here: Racism in Scotland. Luath Press: Edinburgh. ISBN 9781912147304

Davidson, N. and Virdee, S. (2018) Introduction: Understanding racism in Scotland. In: No Problem Here: Racism in Scotland. Luath Press: Edinburgh, pp. 9-12. ISBN 9781912147304

Gupta, S. and Virdee, S. (2018) Introduction: European crises: Contemporary nationalisms and the language of “race”. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 41(10), pp. 1747-1764. (doi: 10.1080/01419870.2017.1361545)

Gupta, S. and Virdee, S. (2018) Race and Crisis [Guest Editors]. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 41(10),

Virdee, S. and McGeever, B. (2018) Racism, crisis, Brexit. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 41(10), pp. 1802-1819. (doi: 10.1080/01419870.2017.1361544)

2017

Virdee, S. and McGeever, B. (2017) Rassismus, Klasse, Brexit, Krise. [Website]

Virdee, S. (2017) Race, class and Roediger’s open Marxism. Salvage [online],

Virdee, S. (2017) Some thoughts on the theory, history and politics of race and class, or why class analysis must take race seriously. In: Kham, O. and Shaheen, F. (eds.) Minorty Report: Race and Class in Post-Brexit Britain. Runnymede: London, pp. 14-16. ISBN 9781909546172

McGeever, B. and Virdee, S. (2017) Antisemitism and socialist strategy in Europe, 1880–1917: an introduction. Patterns of Prejudice, 51(3-4), pp. 221-234. (doi: 10.1080/0031322X.2017.1349606)

Virdee, S. (2017) Socialist antisemitism and its discontents in England, 1884–98. Patterns of Prejudice, 51(3-4), pp. 356-373. (doi: 10.1080/0031322X.2017.1335029)

Virdee, S. (2017) The second sight of racialised outsiders in the imperialist core. Third World Quarterly, 38(11), pp. 2396-2410. (doi: 10.1080/01436597.2017.1328274)

2016

Virdee, S. (2016) Stuart Hall y por qué la raza cuenta. Viento Sur [online],

Ashe, S., Virdee, S. and Brown, L. (2016) Striking back against racist violence in the East End of London, 1968-1970. Race and Class, 58(1), pp. 34-54. (doi: 10.1177/0306396816642997)

Davidson, N., Virdee, S. , Morrison, J. and Mooney, G. (2016) Scotland and alternatives to neoliberalism. Soundings: A Journal of Politics and Culture(63), pp. 55-72. (doi: 10.3898/136266216819376968)

2015

Liinpää, M., McBride, M., Davidson, N. and Virdee, S. (2015) Racism: from the labour movement to the far-right. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 38(3), pp. 446-451. (doi: 10.1080/01419870.2015.974645)

Patel, J. and Virdee, S. (2015) “Both racism and anti-racism were present in the making of the English working class”. An Interview with Satnam Virdee. Media Diversified [online], 2015(Nov 18),

Virdee, S. (2015) Opening a dialogue on race, class and national belonging. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 38(13), pp. 2259-2266. (doi: 10.1080/01419870.2015.1058508)

Virdee, S. (2015) Politique des parias: sur la racialisation de la classe ouvrière anglaise. Période, 2015,

Virdee, S. (2015) Un Marxisme sans garanties: Stuart Hall et ce pourquoi la race compte. Contretemps,

2014

Virdee, S. (2014) Racism, Class and the Racialized Outsider. Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke. ISBN 9780230551633

Virdee, S. (2014) Anti-racism and the socialist left, 1968-79. In: Smith, E. and Worley, M. (eds.) Against the Grain: The British Far Left from 1956. Manchester University Press: Manchester. ISBN 9780719095900

Virdee, S. (2014) Anti-racism struggles of the seventies can inspire action today. Manchester Policy Blogs: Ethnicity,

Virdee, S. (2014) Anti-racism, working class formation and the significance of the racialized outsider. New Left Project,

Virdee, S. (2014) Challenging the empire. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 37(10), pp. 1823-1829. (doi: 10.1080/01419870.2014.932408)

Virdee, S. (2014) The politics of class and the long shadow of racism. New Left Project,

2012

Virdee, S. (2012) Forward to the past: Race, the colour scale and Michael Banton. Ethnic and Racial Studies, (doi: 10.1080/01419870.2011.643814)

2010

Virdee, S. (2010) The continuing significance of 'race': racism, antiracist politics and labour markets. In: Bloch, A. and Solomos, J. (eds.) Race and Ethnicity in the 21st Century. Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke, UK, pp. 62-92. ISBN 9780230007789

Virdee, S. (2010) Racism, class and the dialectics of social transformation. In: Solomos, J. and Hill Collins, P. (eds.) The SAGE Handbook of Race and Ethnic Studies. Sage Publications: London, UK, pp. 135-165. ISBN 9780761942207

2009

Kyriakides, C., Virdee, S. and Modood, T. (2009) Racism, muslims and the national imagination. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 35(2), pp. 289-308. (doi: 10.1080/13691830802586443)

2008

Carter, R. and Virdee, S. (2008) Racism and the sociological imagination. British Journal of Sociology, 59(4), pp. 661-679. (doi: 10.1111/j.1468-4446.2008.00214.x)

2006

Cole, M. and Virdee, S. (2006) Racism and resistance: from Empire to New Labour. In: Cole, M. (ed.) Education, Equality and Human Rights : Issues of Gender, 'Race', Sexuality, Disability and Social Class. Routledge. ISBN 9780415356596

Virdee, S., Kyriakides, C. and Modood, T. (2006) Codes of Cultural Belonging: Racialised National Identities in a Multi-Ethnic Scotis Neighbourhood. Sociological Research Online, 11(4),

Virdee, S. (2006) 'Race', employment and social change: a critique of current orthodoxies. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 29(4), pp. 605-628. (doi: 10.1080/01419870600665243)

2005

Virdee, S. (2005) John Solomos, Race and Racism in Britain, Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2003. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 28(1), pp. 194-195. (doi: 10.1080/0141987042000280067)[Book Review]

2003

Kyriakides, C. and Virdee, S. (2003) Migrant Labour, Racism and the British National Health Service. Ethnicity and Health, 8(4), pp. 283-305.

Virdee, S. (2003) The Asian experience in Scotland. In: Crowther, J., Martin, I. and Shaw, M. (eds.) Renewing Democracy in Scotland. NIACE, pp. 93-95. ISBN 9781862011465

2002

Virdee, S. (2002) Gewerkschaften und Antirassismus in England: eine replik auf Paul Gilroy and Ambalavaner Sivanandan. 1999 Zeitschrift fur Sozialgeschichte des 20. und 21. Jahrunderts, 17(1), pp. 153-186.

Virdee, S. (2002) Victor M. Valle and Rudolfo D. Torres, Latino Metropolis, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2000. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 25(2), pp. 338-339. (doi: 10.1080/01419870120109511)[Book Review]

2001

Virdee, S. (2001) Racial harassment. In: Abercrombie, N. and Warde, A. (eds.) Contemporary British Society Reader. Polity Press, pp. 126-135. ISBN 0745622631

2000

Virdee, S. (2000) A Marxist critique of black radical theories of trade-union racism. Sociology, 34(3), pp. 545-565.

Virdee, S. (2000) Organised labour and the black worker in Britain: a critical analysis of postwar trends. In: Wets, J. (ed.) Cultural Diversity in Trade Unions: A Challenge to Class Identity? Ashgate Publishing Ltd.: Aldershot, pp. 207-225. ISBN 9781840145267

Virdee, S. (2000) Racism and resistance in British trade unions, 1948-1979. In: Alexander, P. and Halpern, R. (eds.) Racializing Class, Classifying Race: Labour and Difference in Britain, the USA, and Africa. Series: St. Antony's series. Macmillan Press Ltd.: Houndmills, pp. 122-149. ISBN 9780333730928

Virdee, S. (2000) Understanding Racial Harassment in School: ESRC Full Research Report, R000222376. Project Report. Economic and Social Research Council, Swindon, Wiltshire.

Virdee, S. and Cole, M. (2000) 'Race', racism and resistance. In: Cole, M. (ed.) Education, Equality and Human Rights: Issues of Gender, 'Race', Sexuality, Special Needs and Social Class. Routledge/Falmer: London, pp. 39-57. ISBN 0750708778

1999

Virdee, S. (1999) England: racism, anti-racism and the changing position of racialised social groups in economic relations. In: Dale, G. and Cole, M. (eds.) The European Union and Migrant Labour. Berg: Oxford, pp. 69-89. ISBN 9781859739600

1998

Beishon, S., Modood, T. and Virdee, S. (1998) Ethnic Minority Families. Policy Studies Institute: London. ISBN 9780853747468

Modood, T., Metcalf, H. and Virdee, S. (1998) British Asian entrepreneurs: culture and opportunity structures. In: Taylor-Gooby, P. (ed.) Choice and Public Policy: The Limits to Welfare Markets. Macmillan Press Ltd.: Houndmills, pp. 62-78. ISBN 033373131X

1997

Modood, T., Beishon, S. and Virdee, S. (1997) Changing ethnic identities in Britain. In: Giddens, A. (ed.) Sociology: Introductory Readings. Polity Press: Cambridge, pp. 211-218. ISBN 9780745618746

Modood, T., Berthoud, R., Lakey, J., Nazroo, J., Smith, P., Virdee, S. and Beishon, S. (1997) Ethnic Minorities in Britain: Diversity and Disadvantage. Series: PSI report (843). Policy Studies Institute: London. ISBN 9780853746706

Virdee, S. (1997) Preventing Racism in the Workplace: the UK. Working Paper 97/48/EN. Working Paper. European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (EFILWC).

Virdee, S. (1997) Racial harassment. In: Modood, T., Berthoud, R., Lakey, J., Nazroo, J., Smith, P., Virdee, S. and Beishon, S. (eds.) Ethnic Minorities in Britain: Diversity and Disadvantage. Series: PSI report (843). Policy Studies Institute: London, pp. 259-289. ISBN 9780853746706

1996

Metcalf, H., Modood, T. and Virdee, S. (1996) Asian Self-Employment in Britain. Discussion Paper. Economic and Social Research Council.

Metcalf, H., Modood, T. and Virdee, S. (1996) Asian Self-Employment: the Interaction of Culture and Economics in England. Series: PSI research report (824). Policy Studies Institute: London. ISBN 9780853746980

Wrench, J. and Virdee, S. (1996) Organising the unorganised: 'Race', poor work and trade unions. In: Ackers, P., Smith, C. and Smith, P. (eds.) The New Workplace and Trade Unionism. Series: Critical perspectives on work and organization. Routledge: London, pp. 240-278. ISBN 9780415116770

1995

Beishon, S., Virdee, S. and Hagell, A. (1995) Nursing in a Multi-Ethnic NHS. Series: PSI research report (775). Policy Studies Institute: London. ISBN 9780853746621

Virdee, S. (1995) Racial Violence and Harassment. Series: PSI research report (729). Policy Studies Institute: London. ISBN 9780853746478

Virdee, S. (1995) Racial violence and harassment: a case for a national survey? Policy Studies, 16(3), pp. 45-51. (doi: 10.1080/01442879508423681)

Wrench, J. and Virdee, S. (1995) Organising the Unorganised: "Race", Poor Work and Trade Unions. Project Report. Coventry Centre for Research in Ethnic Relations, University of Warwick.

1994

Virdee, S. and Grint, K. (1994) Black self-organization in trade unions. Sociological Review, 42(2), pp. 202-226. (doi: 10.1111/j.1467-954X.1994.tb00088.x)

Modood, T., Beishon, S. and Virdee, S. (1994) Changing Ethnic Identities. Series: PSI research report (794). Policy Studies Institute: London. ISBN 9780853746461

1992

Virdee, S. (1992) Part of the union? Trade Union Participation by Ethnic Minority Workers. Project Report. Commission for Racial Equality.

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Articles

Bhattacharyya, G., Virdee, S. and Winter, A. (2020) Revisiting histories of anti-racist thought and activism. Identities, 27(1), pp. 1-19. (doi: 10.1080/1070289X.2019.1647686)

Virdee, S. (2019) Racialized capitalism: an account of its contested origins and consolidation. Sociological Review, 67(1), pp. 3-27. (doi: 10.1177/0038026118820293)

Gupta, S. and Virdee, S. (2018) Introduction: European crises: Contemporary nationalisms and the language of “race”. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 41(10), pp. 1747-1764. (doi: 10.1080/01419870.2017.1361545)

Gupta, S. and Virdee, S. (2018) Race and Crisis [Guest Editors]. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 41(10),

Virdee, S. and McGeever, B. (2018) Racism, crisis, Brexit. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 41(10), pp. 1802-1819. (doi: 10.1080/01419870.2017.1361544)

Virdee, S. (2017) Race, class and Roediger’s open Marxism. Salvage [online],

McGeever, B. and Virdee, S. (2017) Antisemitism and socialist strategy in Europe, 1880–1917: an introduction. Patterns of Prejudice, 51(3-4), pp. 221-234. (doi: 10.1080/0031322X.2017.1349606)

Virdee, S. (2017) Socialist antisemitism and its discontents in England, 1884–98. Patterns of Prejudice, 51(3-4), pp. 356-373. (doi: 10.1080/0031322X.2017.1335029)

Virdee, S. (2017) The second sight of racialised outsiders in the imperialist core. Third World Quarterly, 38(11), pp. 2396-2410. (doi: 10.1080/01436597.2017.1328274)

Virdee, S. (2016) Stuart Hall y por qué la raza cuenta. Viento Sur [online],

Ashe, S., Virdee, S. and Brown, L. (2016) Striking back against racist violence in the East End of London, 1968-1970. Race and Class, 58(1), pp. 34-54. (doi: 10.1177/0306396816642997)

Davidson, N., Virdee, S. , Morrison, J. and Mooney, G. (2016) Scotland and alternatives to neoliberalism. Soundings: A Journal of Politics and Culture(63), pp. 55-72. (doi: 10.3898/136266216819376968)

Liinpää, M., McBride, M., Davidson, N. and Virdee, S. (2015) Racism: from the labour movement to the far-right. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 38(3), pp. 446-451. (doi: 10.1080/01419870.2015.974645)

Patel, J. and Virdee, S. (2015) “Both racism and anti-racism were present in the making of the English working class”. An Interview with Satnam Virdee. Media Diversified [online], 2015(Nov 18),

Virdee, S. (2015) Opening a dialogue on race, class and national belonging. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 38(13), pp. 2259-2266. (doi: 10.1080/01419870.2015.1058508)

Virdee, S. (2015) Politique des parias: sur la racialisation de la classe ouvrière anglaise. Période, 2015,

Virdee, S. (2015) Un Marxisme sans garanties: Stuart Hall et ce pourquoi la race compte. Contretemps,

Virdee, S. (2014) Anti-racism struggles of the seventies can inspire action today. Manchester Policy Blogs: Ethnicity,

Virdee, S. (2014) Anti-racism, working class formation and the significance of the racialized outsider. New Left Project,

Virdee, S. (2014) Challenging the empire. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 37(10), pp. 1823-1829. (doi: 10.1080/01419870.2014.932408)

Virdee, S. (2014) The politics of class and the long shadow of racism. New Left Project,

Virdee, S. (2012) Forward to the past: Race, the colour scale and Michael Banton. Ethnic and Racial Studies, (doi: 10.1080/01419870.2011.643814)

Kyriakides, C., Virdee, S. and Modood, T. (2009) Racism, muslims and the national imagination. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 35(2), pp. 289-308. (doi: 10.1080/13691830802586443)

Carter, R. and Virdee, S. (2008) Racism and the sociological imagination. British Journal of Sociology, 59(4), pp. 661-679. (doi: 10.1111/j.1468-4446.2008.00214.x)

Virdee, S., Kyriakides, C. and Modood, T. (2006) Codes of Cultural Belonging: Racialised National Identities in a Multi-Ethnic Scotis Neighbourhood. Sociological Research Online, 11(4),

Virdee, S. (2006) 'Race', employment and social change: a critique of current orthodoxies. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 29(4), pp. 605-628. (doi: 10.1080/01419870600665243)

Kyriakides, C. and Virdee, S. (2003) Migrant Labour, Racism and the British National Health Service. Ethnicity and Health, 8(4), pp. 283-305.

Virdee, S. (2002) Gewerkschaften und Antirassismus in England: eine replik auf Paul Gilroy and Ambalavaner Sivanandan. 1999 Zeitschrift fur Sozialgeschichte des 20. und 21. Jahrunderts, 17(1), pp. 153-186.

Virdee, S. (2000) A Marxist critique of black radical theories of trade-union racism. Sociology, 34(3), pp. 545-565.

Virdee, S. (1995) Racial violence and harassment: a case for a national survey? Policy Studies, 16(3), pp. 45-51. (doi: 10.1080/01442879508423681)

Virdee, S. and Grint, K. (1994) Black self-organization in trade unions. Sociological Review, 42(2), pp. 202-226. (doi: 10.1111/j.1467-954X.1994.tb00088.x)

Books

Virdee, S. (2014) Racism, Class and the Racialized Outsider. Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke. ISBN 9780230551633

Beishon, S., Modood, T. and Virdee, S. (1998) Ethnic Minority Families. Policy Studies Institute: London. ISBN 9780853747468

Modood, T., Berthoud, R., Lakey, J., Nazroo, J., Smith, P., Virdee, S. and Beishon, S. (1997) Ethnic Minorities in Britain: Diversity and Disadvantage. Series: PSI report (843). Policy Studies Institute: London. ISBN 9780853746706

Metcalf, H., Modood, T. and Virdee, S. (1996) Asian Self-Employment: the Interaction of Culture and Economics in England. Series: PSI research report (824). Policy Studies Institute: London. ISBN 9780853746980

Beishon, S., Virdee, S. and Hagell, A. (1995) Nursing in a Multi-Ethnic NHS. Series: PSI research report (775). Policy Studies Institute: London. ISBN 9780853746621

Virdee, S. (1995) Racial Violence and Harassment. Series: PSI research report (729). Policy Studies Institute: London. ISBN 9780853746478

Modood, T., Beishon, S. and Virdee, S. (1994) Changing Ethnic Identities. Series: PSI research report (794). Policy Studies Institute: London. ISBN 9780853746461

Book Sections

Virdee, S. (2019) Class, racism and the politics of vacuum. In: Perryman, M. (ed.) Corbynism from Below. Lawrence and Wishart: London. ISBN 9781912064250 (In Press)

Davidson, N. and Virdee, S. (2018) Introduction: Understanding racism in Scotland. In: No Problem Here: Racism in Scotland. Luath Press: Edinburgh, pp. 9-12. ISBN 9781912147304

Virdee, S. (2017) Some thoughts on the theory, history and politics of race and class, or why class analysis must take race seriously. In: Kham, O. and Shaheen, F. (eds.) Minorty Report: Race and Class in Post-Brexit Britain. Runnymede: London, pp. 14-16. ISBN 9781909546172

Virdee, S. (2014) Anti-racism and the socialist left, 1968-79. In: Smith, E. and Worley, M. (eds.) Against the Grain: The British Far Left from 1956. Manchester University Press: Manchester. ISBN 9780719095900

Virdee, S. (2010) The continuing significance of 'race': racism, antiracist politics and labour markets. In: Bloch, A. and Solomos, J. (eds.) Race and Ethnicity in the 21st Century. Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke, UK, pp. 62-92. ISBN 9780230007789

Virdee, S. (2010) Racism, class and the dialectics of social transformation. In: Solomos, J. and Hill Collins, P. (eds.) The SAGE Handbook of Race and Ethnic Studies. Sage Publications: London, UK, pp. 135-165. ISBN 9780761942207

Cole, M. and Virdee, S. (2006) Racism and resistance: from Empire to New Labour. In: Cole, M. (ed.) Education, Equality and Human Rights : Issues of Gender, 'Race', Sexuality, Disability and Social Class. Routledge. ISBN 9780415356596

Virdee, S. (2003) The Asian experience in Scotland. In: Crowther, J., Martin, I. and Shaw, M. (eds.) Renewing Democracy in Scotland. NIACE, pp. 93-95. ISBN 9781862011465

Virdee, S. (2001) Racial harassment. In: Abercrombie, N. and Warde, A. (eds.) Contemporary British Society Reader. Polity Press, pp. 126-135. ISBN 0745622631

Virdee, S. (2000) Organised labour and the black worker in Britain: a critical analysis of postwar trends. In: Wets, J. (ed.) Cultural Diversity in Trade Unions: A Challenge to Class Identity? Ashgate Publishing Ltd.: Aldershot, pp. 207-225. ISBN 9781840145267

Virdee, S. (2000) Racism and resistance in British trade unions, 1948-1979. In: Alexander, P. and Halpern, R. (eds.) Racializing Class, Classifying Race: Labour and Difference in Britain, the USA, and Africa. Series: St. Antony's series. Macmillan Press Ltd.: Houndmills, pp. 122-149. ISBN 9780333730928

Virdee, S. and Cole, M. (2000) 'Race', racism and resistance. In: Cole, M. (ed.) Education, Equality and Human Rights: Issues of Gender, 'Race', Sexuality, Special Needs and Social Class. Routledge/Falmer: London, pp. 39-57. ISBN 0750708778

Virdee, S. (1999) England: racism, anti-racism and the changing position of racialised social groups in economic relations. In: Dale, G. and Cole, M. (eds.) The European Union and Migrant Labour. Berg: Oxford, pp. 69-89. ISBN 9781859739600

Modood, T., Metcalf, H. and Virdee, S. (1998) British Asian entrepreneurs: culture and opportunity structures. In: Taylor-Gooby, P. (ed.) Choice and Public Policy: The Limits to Welfare Markets. Macmillan Press Ltd.: Houndmills, pp. 62-78. ISBN 033373131X

Modood, T., Beishon, S. and Virdee, S. (1997) Changing ethnic identities in Britain. In: Giddens, A. (ed.) Sociology: Introductory Readings. Polity Press: Cambridge, pp. 211-218. ISBN 9780745618746

Virdee, S. (1997) Racial harassment. In: Modood, T., Berthoud, R., Lakey, J., Nazroo, J., Smith, P., Virdee, S. and Beishon, S. (eds.) Ethnic Minorities in Britain: Diversity and Disadvantage. Series: PSI report (843). Policy Studies Institute: London, pp. 259-289. ISBN 9780853746706

Wrench, J. and Virdee, S. (1996) Organising the unorganised: 'Race', poor work and trade unions. In: Ackers, P., Smith, C. and Smith, P. (eds.) The New Workplace and Trade Unionism. Series: Critical perspectives on work and organization. Routledge: London, pp. 240-278. ISBN 9780415116770

Book Reviews

Virdee, S. (2005) John Solomos, Race and Racism in Britain, Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2003. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 28(1), pp. 194-195. (doi: 10.1080/0141987042000280067)[Book Review]

Virdee, S. (2002) Victor M. Valle and Rudolfo D. Torres, Latino Metropolis, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2000. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 25(2), pp. 338-339. (doi: 10.1080/01419870120109511)[Book Review]

Edited Books

Gupta, S. and Virdee, S. (Eds.) (2018) Race and Crisis. Series: Ethnic and Racial Studies. Routledge. ISBN 9781138393707

Davidson, N., Liinpää, M., Mcbride, M. and Virdee, S. (Eds.) (2018) No Problem Here: Racism in Scotland. Luath Press: Edinburgh. ISBN 9781912147304

Research Reports or Papers

Virdee, S. (2000) Understanding Racial Harassment in School: ESRC Full Research Report, R000222376. Project Report. Economic and Social Research Council, Swindon, Wiltshire.

Virdee, S. (1997) Preventing Racism in the Workplace: the UK. Working Paper 97/48/EN. Working Paper. European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (EFILWC).

Metcalf, H., Modood, T. and Virdee, S. (1996) Asian Self-Employment in Britain. Discussion Paper. Economic and Social Research Council.

Wrench, J. and Virdee, S. (1995) Organising the Unorganised: "Race", Poor Work and Trade Unions. Project Report. Coventry Centre for Research in Ethnic Relations, University of Warwick.

Virdee, S. (1992) Part of the union? Trade Union Participation by Ethnic Minority Workers. Project Report. Commission for Racial Equality.

Website

McGeever, B. and Virdee, S. (2018) Race, class and Brexit: how did we get here? [Website]

Virdee, S. and McGeever, B. (2017) Rassismus, Klasse, Brexit, Krise. [Website]

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Grants

2015-2017: Racism and Political Mobilisation: Learning from History and Thinking Internationally, ESRC Seminar Series, (with G. Bhattacharyya and A. Winter).

2014-2017: Location Dynamics, Owner Occupation and Ethnicity in Scotland, Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) (with G. Price and A. Smith).

2013-2017: Understanding the Dynamics of Ethnic Identity and Inequality (CoDE), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Centres Competition (with J. Nazroo and others)  

2004-2006: Racism and Nationalism in Scotland and England, Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) (with T. Modood).

2001-2003: Networks of Civic Organisations in Britain, Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) (with M. Diani).

1998-2000: Everyday Racism in School Life, Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).

1997-1998: Racism and Anti-racism in the Workplace, European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (EFILWC).

1994-1996: British Asian Self-employment: the interaction of culture and economics, Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) (with T. Modood).

1990-1992: Race and Class: participation and representation of racialized minority workers in British trade unions, Commission for Racial Equality (CRE).

Supervision

I have supervised 10 PhD students to completion including:

Christopher Kyriakides (ESRC studentship, 2005)

Kirsteen Paton (ESRC studentship, 2010)

Teresa Piacentini (ESRC studentship, 2011)

Carin Runciman (ESRC studentship, 2012)

Brendan McGeever (AHRC studentship, 2014)

Khauthar Ismail (Malaysian Government scholarship, 2016)

Elisabeth Badenhoop (ESRC studentship, 2016)

Mengxi Pang (China Scholarship Council, 2017)

Maureen McBride (ESRC studentship, 2017)

Minna Liinpaa (ESRC studentship, 2018)

 

Currently, I am supervising 7 PhD students including:

Francesca Minelli (University of Glasgow scholarship, 2014- )

Paul Goldie (University of Glasgow scholarship, 2014- )

Ashli Mullen (ESRC studentship, 2015- )

Scarlet Harris (ESRC studentship, 2016- )

Helge Peterson (ESRC studentship, 2017- )

Smina Akhtar (self-funded, 2018- )

Madilyn Cancro (self-funded, 2019- )

  • Akhtar, Smina
    Experiences of and Resistance to State Racism in Scotland
  • Harris, Scarlet
    Islamophobia, racism and anti-racist resistance in two British cities
  • Mullen, Ashli
    Historical Discourses of Racialisation and Contemporary Representations of Roma (Im)migration in Scotland.
  • Petersen, Helge
    The Racialisation of Law, Order and Crisis - Political Struggles over Racist Violence, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice in Britain between the mid-1970s and early 2000s

Teaching

I teach two UG honours classes on Class and the Making of Modern Britain and “Freedom Now”: A historical sociology of black liberation in the USA, 1954-1979 and a PGT course on Racism and Modernity.

Additional information

Editorial Board

2018 to present: The Sociological Review.

2015 to present: Whiteness and Education.

2009 to present: Ethnic and Racial Studies.


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