Beider Race, Housing and Community

Perspectives on Policy and Practice
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4443-5447-8
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
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E-Book, Englisch, 272 Seiten, E-Book

This book provides an important new contribution to debatesaround housing policy and its impact on community cohesion.
There has never been a more prescient time to discuss theseconcepts: the book provides an interpretation of housing, race andcommunity cohesion in a highly politicized and fluid policycontext. It is designed to initiate discussion and debate but thisshould not be esoteric and limited to a group of academics. Ratherthe objective is to bridge academic and policy audiences in thehope that this fusion provides a basis for a new agenda to discussthese topics.
Race and community have been key features of social housingpolicy over the last 20 years with many high-profile interventions,from the proactive approach by the Housing Corporation to supportblack and minority ethnic housing associations, to the influentialCantle Report documenting segregation in towns and cities followingriots, and the National Housing Federation led Race & HousingInquiry leading to sector wide recommendations to achieveequality.
However, volume of policy interventions and reports has not beenmatched by academic outputs that co-ordinate, integrate andcritically analyse 'race', housing and community.
Housing, Race & Community Cohesion is the firstsystematic overview of 'race', housing and community during thistumultuous period. The material presented is robust and researchbased but also directly engages with issues around policy anddelivery. It is designed to reflect the interests both of theacademic research community and policy makers on both sides of theAtlantic. It is not rooted to specific policy interventions thatcould quickly date but instead focuses on developing new ways toanalyse difficult issues that will help both students andpractitioners now and in the future.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Beider, Harris

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Glossary ix
Acknowledgements xiv
1 Race, Housing and Community 1
Introduction 1
An early note about race 2
About this book 23
2 Housing Policy and Practice 27
Introduction 27
Policy context 28
Housing and community cohesion: a critique 31
Looking ahead: a new agenda? 36
Declining interest in race and housing:
from Macpherson to cohesion 39
The turning of the wheel: 'muscular liberalism' and integration45
Conclusion: a housing journey through multiculturalism, cohesionand integration 49
3 Developing Cohesive Neighbourhoods in UK Cities: WhitePerspectives 51
Introduction 51
Race, culture and change 52
Connecting communities: a focus on white working classcommunities? 54
Whiteness: culture and pathology 56
Community cohesion, institutions and white communities 63
Housing, fairness and equity: case studies of threeneighbourhoods in England 65
Conclusion 78
4 The Emergence of the Black Led Housing Sector 79
Introduction 79
The rise of race and housing 80
Organisational or system failure? 83
Declining interest in race and housing: the problem withregulation and representation 91
A recovery of the black and minority ethnic housing sector?96
Conclusion 98
5 Housing, Communities and 'Recycled Racism' 103
Introduction 103
The emergence of super-diversity in the UK 104
Recycled racism 112
Conclusion 127
6 New Frameworks for Race, Housing and Community 129
Introduction 129
Towards a new approach to race and housing 135
Looking ahead: a new agenda? 139
Policy implications 142
Conclusion 149
Appendix A - Public Service Futures: the future ofidentify and belonging (OPM) 151
Appendix B - LGA guidance on community cohesion 193
Appendix C - Three Definitions of Community Cohesion265
References 269
Index 277

Über Autor(innen)

Harris Beider was appointed Professor in Community Cohesion at the Institute of Community Cohesion based at Coventry University in September 2007. Previously he was Senior Fellow at the Centre for Urban and Regional Studies at the University of Birmingham. Prior to his academic career, Harris was Executive Director of the Federation of Black Housing Organizations and founding Director of People for Action. He was also an advisor to government on community renewal and social exclusion the latter as a member of the Prime Minister's Social Exclusion Unit. Harris Beider has written extensively on race, cohesion, community and housing and spoken about these and related subjects nationally and internationally.