Objective The TOLERACE project proposes a contextualised comparative analysis that focuses on the semantics and regimes of (anti-)racism and tolerance in different European contexts, exploring how they are shaped through the mediation of public institutions and policies at the European, national, regional and local level, and civil society organisations. We seek to explore how the different meanings given to tolerance and (anti-)racism are embedded in wider ideas and discourses on citizenship, more precisely in the (re-)definition of European identities in relation to current immigration policies and post-colonial situations.Our hypothesis is that public policies do not sufficiently incorporate anti-racist measures, resulting in precarious modes of integration and making social structures vulnerable to racism. Additionally, we critically consider that de-historicised, dominant conceptions of racism (as a problem of extremist ideologies and their supporters and a well-bounded, localised phenomenon) are failing to address the relationship between nationality, racism and citizenship. Therefore, we propose an analysis that locates racism within a set of complex ways of belonging and of governing difference, and thus related to multiple forms of discrimination (such as religious and linguistic).Three comparative analytical strategies will be followed: (i) Critical analysis of public policies and campaigns focused on the celebration of diversity and the promotion of anti-racism measures and tolerance, in relation to broader multicultural and/or intercultural political traditions; (ii) Empirical analysis of regional/local cases in each national context, as located in the socio-political spaces created by the interplay of (anti-)racism and (in-)tolerance, focusing on two life spheres – education and employment; (iii) The role of the media in the construction of public issues and in making visible racism as a key social problem, within each national/regional context. Fields of science social sciencespolitical sciencespolitical policiespublic policiessocial sciencessociologysocial issuessocial inequalitiesracial inequalitysocial sciencespolitical sciencespolitical policiescivil societysocial sciencessociologyideologiessocial sciencessociologydemographyhuman migrations Programme(s) FP7-SSH - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities Topic(s) SSH-2009-3.3.1. - Tolerance and cultural diversity Call for proposal FP7-SSH-2009-A See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP-FP - Small or medium-scale focused research project Coordinator CENTRO DE ESTUDOS SOCIAIS EU contribution € 461 499,00 Address COLEGIO S JERONIMO PRACA D DINIS 3000 995 Coimbra Portugal See on map Region Continente Centro (PT) Região de Coimbra Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact João Paulo Dias (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (5) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all SOCIAL FORSKNINGS INSTITUTTET Denmark EU contribution € 324 600,00 Address HERLUFF TROLLES GADE 11 1052 KOBENHAVN K See on map Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Lisbeth Pedersen (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data STIFTUNG EUROPA-UNIVERSITAT VIADRINA FRANKFURT (ODER) Germany EU contribution € 322 425,00 Address GROSSE SCHARRNSTRASSE 59 15230 Frankfurt See on map Region Brandenburg Brandenburg Frankfurt (Oder) Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Frank Peter (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAIS VASCO/ EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA Spain EU contribution € 239 752,00 Address BARRIO SARRIENA S N 48940 Leioa See on map Region Noreste País Vasco Bizkaia Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Sanchez Charo (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSIDAD DE SEVILLA Spain EU contribution € 224 175,00 Address CALLE S. FERNANDO 4 41004 Sevilla See on map Region Sur Andalucía Sevilla Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Margarita Martínez Pais Loscertales (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS United Kingdom EU contribution € 241 283,00 Address WOODHOUSE LANE LS2 9JT Leeds See on map Region Yorkshire and the Humber West Yorkshire Leeds Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Salman Sayyid (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data