Migration and Social Cohesion in the UK [Hardcover]

Based on a flagship research project for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation's Immigration and Inclusion programme, this book argues that social cohesion is achieved through people (new arrivals as well as the long-term settled) being able to resolve the conflicts and tensions within their day-to-day lives in ways that they find positive and viable.Introduction Community Cohesion and the Backlash Against Multiculturalism in the UK Social Cohesion in the New Economy Place, Belonging and Social Cohesion Housing and the Family Education and Social Cohesion Social Cohesion and the Politics of Belonging Conclusions Bibliography Index

'I'm sure I'm not supposed to admit to having favourite subjects...but without doubt, this was one of mine. I am incredibly glad that the Joseph Rowntree Foudnation funded the original project.' - Emma Stone, Director, Policy and Research at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, UK

'This is a powerful argument which dispels some of the illusions around the idea of social cohesion which has become a central plank in recent debates about state multiculturalism. It effectively relocates the concept in wider structures of inequality, post-industrialism and neoliberalism and explores this in specific communities across the UK.' - Stuart Hall, The Open University, UK

'This book brilliantly challenges the conventional wisdom of community cohesion. Building on a rich empirical study, it invites us to think about how people find ways of living together, rather than instructing them they should. Treating social cohesion as a something that people produce in the face of challenges (de-industrialization, deepening inequalities, social differences), the book stakes out a ground on which the politics of belonging and conviviality take on a new significance.' - John Clarke, Professor of Social Policy, The Open University, UK

Drawing on substantive research in six different areas this book addresses the essl³