Between Consensus, Consolidation and Crisis: Immigration and Integration in 1970s Britain

Abstract

The vision of the 1970s tends to be dominated by the notions of crisis and decline. However the 1970s were also characterised by a number of experiments, sometimes failures but also sometimes successes, which contributed to shaping late 20th and early 21st century Britain. It is the aim of this article to establish and document to what extent this applies to immigration and integration.

Keywords

• immigration
• racism
• 1970s
• integration