• Racism and institutional racism
• Ethnic and religious community segregation
• Social and institutional asylophobia
• Islamaphobia and the incitement of religios hatred
• Homophobia, institutional homophobia and community safety

At the same time the book examines various legislative and strategic movements introduced to tackle these social problems, for example strategies to counter institutional prejudices (especially in policing), hate crime legislation, managed migration, community safety and community cohesion strategies. Throughout the book, McGhee contextualizes these strategies within the Government's wider project of attemping to revitalize British citizenship.

Intolerant Britain? is key reading for students on courses in sociology, social policy, politics, race and ethnicity studies, gender studies, media and culturak studies, and criminology.