Multiculturalism, social cohesion and immigration : shifting conceptions in the UK
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Multiculturalism, social cohesion and immigration : shifting conceptions in the UK
(Ethnic and racial studies / series editors, Martin Bulmer and John Solomos)
Routledge, 2017, c2015
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First published in hardback, 2015
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Multiculturalism, Social Cohesion and Immigration brings together original research that addresses key facets of the changing dynamics of race, multiculturalism and immigration in contemporary British society. The various chapters in this volume tackle important social and political issues such as ethnic diversity and segregation, post-race politics, contact and threat hypotheses, national identity, anti-racist mobilisation and whiteness. It provides an important insight into the dynamics of contemporary British society.
This book was originally published as a special issue of Ethnic and Racial Studies.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction 2. Post-race, post politics: the paradoxical rise of culture after multiculturalism 3. Ethnic diversity, segregation, and the social cohesion of neighbourhoods in London 4. Cricket, drinking and exclusion of British Pakistani Muslims? 5. Reconciling the contact and threat hypotheses: does ethnic diversity strengthen or weaken community inter-ethnic relations? 6. Changing claims in context: national identity revisited 7. Whiteness in Scotland: shame, belonging and diversity management in a Glasgow workplace 8. Bringing class back in: class consciousness and solidarity among Chinese migrant workers in Italy and the UK 9. Immigrant narratives and nation-building in a stateless nation: the case of Italians in post-devolution Wales 10. Developing an independent anti-racist model for asylum rights organising in England
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