Identity, Ethnic Diversity and Community Cohesion

1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-1-4129-4617-9
Verlag: Sage Publications UK

Buch, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 281 g

What is meant by community? Is there a balance between equality, integration and diversity? Does the idea of identity undermine community cohesion? Identity, Ethnic Diversity and Community Cohesion considers these questions and explores the concept of identity and how its different meanings and interpretations impact upon community policy. The book brings together the ideas and perspectives of leading academics, policymakers, think-tank representatives, and community workers, offering a cutting-edge and interprofessional approach to the key debates. Other key features include: - strong links between theory, practice and policy - up-to-date analysis of contemporary policy issues - author commentaries, 'reflections' on key themes, and case studies that illustrate the relevance of research to 'real life' - a leading group of editors and authors - the ESRC Identities Programme and the Runnymede Trust represent a wealth of research and policymaking experience. This original and innovative book makes a distinctive contribution to debates about identity, ethnicity and community cohesion. It is of interest to those studying social policy, community studies, politics and sociology as well as being relevant for policymakers, researchers and those working in the public sector. Margaret Wetherell is Professor of Social Psychology at the Open University and Director of the ESRC Identities and Social Action Programme. Michelynn Laflèche, Director of the Runnymede Trust, has headed the Trust's work programme and strategic policy direction since 2001. Robert Berkeley, a sociologist with a PhD from Trinity College, Oxford, is Deputy Director of the Runnymede Trust.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wetherell, Margaret

Lafleche, Michelynn

Berkeley, Robert

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Dienste, Soziale Organisationen
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Teildisziplinen der Pädagogik Sozialpädagogik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik, Theorie und Methoden
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Gruppen & Klassen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Community Cohesion and Identity Dynamics: Dilemmas and Challenges - Margaret Wetherell
POLICY STANDPOINTS: AGENCIES AND UTTERANCES
The Case for Progressive Solidarity - Henry Tam
Building an Integrated Society - Nick Johnson
Identity Formation and Change in British Muslim Communities - Dilwar Hussain
Policy, Identity and Community Cohesion: How Race Equality Fits - Omar Khan
IDENTITIES IN COMMUNITY CONTEXTS: FOUR CASE STUDIES
Welcome to 'Monkey Island': Identity and Community in Three Norwich Estates - Ben Rogaly and Becky Taylor
Ethnicity, Identity and Community Cohesion in Prison - Coretta Phillips
Home, Identity and Community Cohesion - Simon Clarke, Rosie Gilmour and Steve Garner
Prejudice, Intergroup Contact and Identity: Do Neighbourhoods Matter? - Miles Hewstone, Nicole Tausch, Joanne Hughes and Ed Cairns
REFLECTIONS AND THE WAY AHEAD: TOWARDS NEW DIALOGUES
Cohesive Identities: The Distance between Meaning and Understanding - Claire Alexander
Acknowledged Identities: a Common Endeavour or Wider Hostilities? - Kate Gavron
Reasoned Identities: a Committed Relationship - Bhikhu Parekh
Non-binarized Identities of Similarity and Difference - Avtar Brah

Über Autor(innen)

Berkeley, Robert
Rob Berkeley has been Director of the Runnymede since January 2009. He was Deputy Director between 2005 and 2009. His doctoral studies focused on exclusion from school.

He has been Chair of governors at a South London primary school, Chair of Naz Project London (which provides sexual health and HIV prevention and support services to various minority ethnic communities), and a Trustee of Stonewall, and the Equality and Diversity Forum, and a member of the Commission on 2020 Public Services.

Wetherell, Margaret
Margaret Wetherell is Professor of Social Psychology at the Open University, UK and Director of the Economic and Social Research Council Programme on Identities and Social Action.