Tariq Modood

Tariq Modood, MBE, FAcSS (born 1952) is a British Pakistani Professor of Sociology, Politics and Public Policy at the University of Bristol (1997– ). Modood is the founding Director of the Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship and one of the leading authorities on ethnic minorities in Britain. He was awarded an MBE for services to social sciences and ethnic relations in the 2001 New Year Honours list and elected to the Academy of Social Sciences in 2004.[1][2]

Education

Modood holds bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Durham, a PGCE from University College Cardiff and a PhD from University College Swansea.[3] Following fellowships at Nuffield College, Oxford and the University of Manchester, Modood was a Senior Research Fellow at the Policy Studies Institute, London (1993–97).

Research

Modood's research interests include racism, racial equality, multiculturalism and secularism. Modood was the principal researcher involved in the Fourth National Survey of Ethnic Minorities in Britain published as Ethnic Minorities in Britain: Diversity and Disadvantage by the Policy Studies Institute at the University of Westminster in 1997.[4] Research that he led in 1999 showed that university lecturers from ethnic minorities were half as likely to become professors compared to white lecturers. The research concluded "minority ethnic groups experienced discrimination in applications for posts and promotions, harassment and negative stereotyping".[5] A study published in 2002 found that older universities in the UK discriminated against Indians, Pakistanis, black Africans and Irish students whereas some universities formed since 1992 actively favoured ethnic minorities. Modood said he thought that the discrimination was not conscious and that "Universities generally pride themselves on their ethnic diversity and would have no truck with deliberate discrimination".[6] In 2004 he co-authored a report for the Department for Education and Skills which found that ethnic minority graduates were less likely to gain top jobs than their white counterparts. The difference was thought to be partly due to discrimination but also due to the fact that ethnic minority students do not achieve as high grades at university.[7] In 2006 he co-authored a report that examined whether policies used to increase employment levels among ethnic minorities in Northern Ireland, the Netherlands, Canada and the United States could be applied to Great Britain.[8] He was Bristol director of the Leverhulme Programme on Migration and Citizenship with UCL. He has served on the DfES Race, Education and Employment Forum, was part of the Commission on the Future of Multi-Ethnic Britain (1997–2000), and a member of the IPPR Commission on National Security (2007–09) and a member of the National Equality Panel chaired by Professor John Hills (2008–10). He is also a co-founder of the scientific journal Ethnicities.[1]

Tariq Modood gave an autobiographical interview <http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/07256868.2013.846894> to Damian Omar, in which he discusses his intellectual biography, in particular my political theory background, and the importance that public intellectual engagement has for him and some of the key people who have influenced and inspired him.

Tariq Modood currently serves as part of a steering group for the Commission on Religion and Belief in British Public Life.

Opinions

Modood defines equality as: "not having to hide or apologise for one's origins, family or community but requiring others to show respect for them, and adapt public attitudes and arrangements so that the heritage they represent is encouraged rather than contemptuously expect them to wither away."[9]

Modood is critical of policies that force secular identities upon religious minorities, he has coined the term "radical secularism" for this and commented that it "cannot be secured without illiberal measures".[10] He has also said that some people feel "that religious people are not worthy of protection; more than that, they should be subject to not just intellectual criticism but mockery and ridicule..."[11]

In Multicultural Politics: racism, ethnicity and Muslims in Britain (2005), Modood argues that multiculturalism should not be abandoned due to criticism following events such as the 7 July 2005 London bombings. He points out that Britain is far less racist than in the past, and that films and television shows such as Bend It Like Beckham and The Kumars at No 42 demonstrate that Britain is multicultural. Despite this, he believes that there are still problems with what he terms "cultural racism" which focuses on language, religion, family structures, dress and cuisine.[12]

Speaking at the Labour Party Conference in 2007 he asked "What is Britishness anyway?" and said that ethnic minorities should engage with the concept of Britishness which he called a "very diverse and plural identity".[13] Modood was a signatory of a letter organised by Sunny Hundal in 2008, that called for Gordon Brown to abandon plans to allow terror suspects to be held for up to 42 days without charge, the plans were later abandoned.[14]

Publications

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Panel members: Professor Tariq Modood". Government Equalities Office. Retrieved 17 December 2009. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ↑ "2001 New Year Honours list: MBEs M – R". BBC News. 30 December 2000. Retrieved 17 December 2009.
  3. ↑ "School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies: Professor Tariq Modood". Bristol University. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  4. ↑ "Ethnic Minorities in Britain: Diversity and Disadvantage". Health Education Journal, Vol. 57, No. 3, 282–283 (1998). Policy Studies Institute. Retrieved 17 December 2009.
  5. ↑ Carvel, John (18 June 1999). "Unequal job prospects for black academics". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 17 December 2009.
  6. ↑ McVeigh, Tracy (23 June 2002). "'Racial bias' at UK's elite universities". London: The Observer. Retrieved 17 December 2009.
  7. ↑ Hilpern, Kate (16 September 2004). "The spice of working life". London: The Independent. Retrieved 17 December 2009.
  8. ↑ "International approaches to ethnic minority employment". Bristol University. 15 December 2006. Retrieved 17 December 2009.
  9. ↑ Malik, Kenan (28 June 2008). "Law and the wives of others". The Australian. Retrieved 17 December 2009.
  10. ↑ Hussain, Dilwar (29 January 2006). "France & Secularism; A Comparative Review". IslamOnline. Archived from the original on 17 August 2007. Retrieved 17 December 2009.
  11. ↑ Wajid, Sara (17 March 2006). "Secular, liberal, and doggedly fundamentalist". Times Higher Education Supplement. Retrieved 17 December 2009.
  12. ↑ Sardar, Ziauddin (1 August 2005). "The metropolis with seven billion people . Multiculturalism is dead, according to its critics. But the logic of globalisation means an increasing number of people from different cultures living together in future. Ziauddin Sardar wonders if we can ever all get on". New Statesman. Retrieved 17 December 2009.
  13. ↑ "What is Britishness, anyway?". 21st Century Socialism. 29 September 2007. Retrieved 17 December 2009.
  14. ↑ Travis, Alan; Nick Watt (15 March 2008). "Home secretary accused of putting off vote on terrorism bill". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 17 December 2009.

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