People

Professor Shamit Saggar

Emeritus Professor
Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)
Professor Shamit Saggar

Teaching and supervision

Previous supervision

William Hammonds
William Hammonds
Thesis title: Policy-Making, Paradigms and Change: The Origins of the Prevent Counter Terrorism Policy in Great Britain Between 2001 and 2011
Degree subject: Government
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 29/10/2018

Publications

Journal articles (31)

Saggar, S., (2019). 'Just three Skittles in a bowl will kill you. Would you take a handful?' Evidence, Public Policy and Islamist-inspired Violent Extremism. Patterns of Prejudice. 53 (2), 178-199

Saggar, S., (2015). The Conservative breakthrough. Demos Quarterly. 7

Saggar, S., (2014). Is frictionless migration possible?. Demos Quarterly. 3

Saggar, S., (2013). Bending without breaking the mould: race and political representation in the United Kingdom. Patterns of Prejudice. 47 (1), 69-93

Saggar, S., (2009). Boomerangs and Slingshots: Radical Islamism and Counter-Terrorism Strategy. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 35 (3), 381-402

Saggar, S., (2009). Reflections on the revolution in Europe. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS. 85 (6), 1258-1259

Saggar, S., (2009). Immigration under New Labour. JOURNAL OF ETHNIC AND MIGRATION STUDIES. 35 (6), 1056-1057

SAGGAR, S., (2006). The One Per Cent World: Managing the Myth of Muslim Religious Extremism. The Political Quarterly. 77 (3), 314-327

Saggar, S., (2004). Consensual governance and myopic academia: A response to Liza Schuster and John Solomos. Ethnicities. 4 (2), 287-292

Saggar, S., (2003). Immigration and the Politics of Public Opinion. The Political Quarterly. 74 (s1), 178-194

Saggar, S., (2001). The Race Card, Again. Parliamentary Affairs. 54 (4), 759-774

Saggar, S., (2001). Immigration and the nation-state: the United States, Germany and Great Britain. POLITICAL STUDIES. 49 (4), 846-846

Saggar, S. and Geddes, A., (2000). Negative and positive racialisation: Re-examining ethnic minority political representation in the UK. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 26 (1), 25-44

Saggar, S., (1998). Smoking guns and magic bullets: The ‘race card’ debate revisited in 1997. Immigrants & Minorities. 17 (3), 1-21

Saggar, S., (1998). A Late, Though Not Lost, Opportunity: Ethnic Minority Electors, Party Strategy and the Conservative Party. The Political Quarterly. 69 (2), 148-159

SAGGAR, S., (1997). Racial Politics. Parliamentary Affairs. 50 (4), 693-707

Saggar, S., (1993). Black participation and the transformation of the ‘race issue’ in British politics. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 20 (1), 27-41

Saggar, S., (1993). Can political parties play the race card in general elections? The 1992 poll revisited. New Community. 19 (4), 693-699

Saggar, S., (1993). Re‐examining the 1964–70 labour government's race relations strategy. Contemporary Record. 7 (2), 253-281

Saggar, S., (1993). The politics of 'race policy' in Britain. Critical Social Policy. 13 (37), 32-51

Saggar, S., (1992). Courting The Ethnic Vote in British Politics1. Representation. 31 (114), 29-33

Saggar, S., (1991). The Changing Agenda of Race Issues in Local Government: The Case of a London Borough. Political Studies. 39 (1), 100-121

SAGGAR, S., (1990). THE POLITICS OF RACE AND RESIDENCE - SMITH,S. PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS. 43 (3), 392-395

SAGGAR, S., (1990). RACE AND PARTY COMPETITION IN BRITAIN - MESSINA,A. PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS. 43 (3), 392-395

SAGGAR, S., (1990). RACE AND BOROUGH POLITICS - REEVES,F. PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS. 43 (3), 392-395

SAGGAR, S., (1990). RACE AND RACISM IN CONTEMPORARY BRITAIN - SOLOMOS,J. PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS. 43 (3), 392-395

SAGGAR, S., (1990). RACISM IN BRITAIN - JACOBS,B. PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS. 43 (3), 392-395

SAGGAR, S., (1990). BRITAIN BLACK-POPULATION - A NEW PERSPECTIVE, 2ND EDITION - BHAT,A. PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS. 43 (3), 392-395

SAGGAR, S., (1990). THE POLITICS OF COMMUNITY - THE BANGLADESHI COMMUNITY OF EAST LONDON - EADE,J. PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS. 43 (3), 392-395

Saggar, S., (1987). The 1984 labour Force Survey and Britain's ‘Asian’ population. New Community. 13 (3), 395-411

Saggar, S., (1985). The 1983 labour force survey and Britain's ‘Asian’ population: A research note. New Community. 12 (3), 418-429

Books (2)

Saggar, S., (2024). Race and representation: Electoral politics and ethnic pluralism in Britain

(2004). Race And British Electoral Politics. Routledge

Book chapters (11)

Saggar, S., (2021). Membership, migrants and social cohesion. In: Handbook of Citizenship and Migration. Edward Elgar Publishing. 149- 163. 9781789903126

Saggar, S., (2015). British Citizens like Any Others? Ethnic Minorities and Elections in the United Kingdom. In: Just Ordinary Citizens?: Towards a Comparative Portrait of the Political Immigrant. Editors: Bilodeau, A., . University of Toronto Press. 978-1442646483

Saggar, S., (2015). Ethnic minorities and political parties: challenges and dilemmas. In: Race and Elections. Editors: Khan, O. and Sveinsson, K., . Runnymede Trust. 978-1-909546-08-0

Saggar, S., (2014). London as a migration city in the context of UK politics. In: Migration and London?s growth: final report of LSE London?s HEIF 5 project on Migra tion and the Transformation of London. Editors: Kochan, B., . LSE London. 167- 182. 9781909890114

Saggar, S., (2014). Tough at the Top: the glass ceiling problem. In: Mapping Integration. Editors: Goodhart, D., . Demos. 49- 56. 978 1 909037 56 4

Saggar, S. and Nandi, A., (2012). Employment and perceived racial discrimination. In: Understanding Society: findings 2012. Editors: McFall, SL., . ISER. 15- 16. 978 1 85871 163 8

Saggar, S., (2009). Race and Political Behavior. In: The Oxford Handbook of Political Behavior. Oxford University Press. 504- 517. 0199270120. 9780199270125

(2004). Piecing together the puzzle: ethnic and racial politics and the British electoral map. In: Race And British Electoral Politics. Routledge. 306- 318

(2004). Analyzing race and elections in British politics: some conceptual and theoretical concerns. In: Race And British Electoral Politics. Routledge. 37- 74

(2004). Introductory remarks. In: Race And British Electoral Politics. Routledge. 29- 36

Hindley, J., (2001). "Ethnicity". In: Encyclopaedia of Democratic Thought. Editors: Clarke, B. and Foweraker, J., . Routledge. 154- 157. 0415193966. 9781803921228

Grants and funding

2015

The Prevalence and Persistence of Ethnic and Racial Harassment and its Impact on Health

Economic & Social Research Council

Contact

ssaggar@essex.ac.uk

Location:

Colchester Campus