Community cohesion in crisis : new dimensions of diversity and difference / edited by John Flint and David Robinson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Flint, John.

Robinson, David (College teacher)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social structure--Great Britain.

Social structure.

Group identity--Great Britain.

Group identity.

Social conflict--Great Britain.

Social conflict.

Neighborhoods--Great Britain.

Neighborhoods.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

vii, 277 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Policy, 2008.

Summary:

There is an alleged crisis of cohesion in the UK, manifested in debates about identity and 'Britishness', the breakdown of social connections along the fault lines of geography, ethnicity, faith, income and age, and the fragile relationship between citizen and state. This book examines how these new dimensions of diversity and difference, so often debated in the national context, are emerging at the neighbourhood level.

Contributors from a range of disciplinary backgrounds critically assess, and go beyond the limits of, contemporary policy discourses on 'community cohesion' to explore the dynamics of diversity and cohesion within neighbourhoods and to identify new dimensions of disconnection between and within neighbourhoods. The chapters provide theoretically informed critiques of the policy responses of public, private, voluntary and community organisations and present a wealth of new empirical research evidence about the dynamics of cohesion in UK neighbourhoods. Topics covered include new immigration, religion and social capital, faith schools, labour and housing market disconnections, neighbourhood territoriality, information technology and neighbourhood construction, and gated communities.

Community cohesion in crisis? will be of interest to academics, policy makers, practitioners and students in the fields of human and urban geography, urban studies, sociology, politics, governance, social policy, criminology and housing studies.

Contents:

1 Community cohesion and the politics of communitarianism / David Robinson 15

2 Community cohesion in Bradford: neoliberal integrationism / Jon Burnett 35

3 Connectivity of place and housing market change: the case of Birmingham / Ian Cole, Ed Ferrari 57

4 Shifting geographies of minority ethnic settlement: remaking communities in Oldham and Rochdale / Deborah Phillips, Ludi Simpson, Sameera Ahmed 81

5 Employment and disconnection: cultures of worklessness in neighbourhoods / Del Roy Fletcher 99

6 Beyond 'social glue'? 'Faith' and community cohesion / Robert Furbey 119

7 The third sector and community cohesion in deprived neighbourhoods / Peter Wells 139

8 Welfare state institutions and secessionary neighbourhood spaces / John Flint 159

9 New immigration and neighbourhood change / Kesia Reeve 177

10 Too much cohesion? Young people's territoriality in Glasgow and Edinburgh / Keith Kintrea, Naofumi Suzuki 199

11 Geodemographics and the construction of differentiated neighbourhoods / Roger Burrows 219

12 Secession or cohesion? Exploring the impact of gated communities / Sarah Blandy 239.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781847420244

1847420249

1847420230

9781847420237

OCLC:

176925613