This paper uses a political opportunity approach for studying the relationship of minority groups to the political community in Britain. The argument is made that the British Race Relations approach established in the 1960s, has had an important effect which still shapes the patterns of political mobilisation and contention by different minority groups today. Original data on political claims-m...

This paper uses a political opportunity approach for studying the relationship of minority groups to the political community in Britain. The argument is made that the British Race Relations approach established in the 1960s, has had an important effect which still shapes the patterns of political mobilisation and contention by different minority groups today. Original data on political claims-m...

BACKGROUND Colorectal cancer screening uptake within the South Asian population in England is approximately half that of the general population (33 % vs 61 %), and varies by Muslim (31.9 %), Sikh (34.6 %) and Hindu (43.7 %) faith background. This study sought to explore reasons for low uptake of CRC screening in South Asian communities and for the variability of low uptake between three faith c...

While sharing many similarities in origin and tactics, separatist insurgencies in the Indian states of Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir have followed remarkably different trajectories. Whereas Punjab has largely returned to normalcy and been successfully re-integrated into India’s political and economic framework, in Kashmir diminished levels of violence mask a deep-seated antipathy to Indian rule....

Dear Sir,?In a short obituary notice of Surgeon General G. H. Kay among the " Service Notes" on pages 78-79 of the issue of the " Gazette" for February 1909, reference is made to the services of the survivors of the Sutlej and Punjab Campaigns, from which one would infer that Surgeon Major W. F. MacTier took part in the former but not in the latter. As I thought this was incorrect I communicate...

Objective: To examine and compare the illness beliefs of South Asian and European patients with coronary heart disease about causal attributions and lifestyle change. Methods: A qualitative study that used framework analysis to examine in-depth interviews. Sample: Sixty five subjects (20 Pakistani-Muslim, 13 Indian-Hindu, 12 Indian-Sikh, and 20 Europeans) admitted to one of three UK sites withi...