## Abstract Race has been a subject of enquiry in the majority of censuses in the Commonwealth. Although the validity of the investigation and the results have been open to question, the endeavour to collect taxonomic information has been universal. Few guidelines were offered by the London governm
Editorial: race, religion and the census
β Scribed by David Howard; Peter E. Hopkins
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 54 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1544-8444
- DOI
- 10.1002/psp.360
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β¦ Synopsis
Abstract
The inclusion of a question on religion in the 2001 Census in the UK has renewed interest in the relationship between empirical measurement and the assessment of religious and racialised affiliation. The authors discuss the context of this current debate and introduce a collection of four papers which address these issues. Copyright Β© 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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