Race, housing & community : perspectives on policy & practice / Harris Beider.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beider, Harris.

Series:

Real estate issues Race, housing & community

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Housing policy--Great Britain.

Housing policy.

Community development--Great Britain.

Community development.

Race discrimination--Great Britain.

Race discrimination.

Racism--Great Britain.

Racism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (300 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex [England] : John Wiley & Sons, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book provides an important new contribution to debates around housing policy and its impact on community cohesion. There has never been a more prescient time to discuss these concepts: the book provides an interpretation of housing, race and community cohesion in a highly politicized and fluid policy context. It is designed to initiate discussion and debate but this should not be esoteric and limited to a group of academics. Rather the objective is to bridge academic and policy audiences in the hope that this fusion provides a basis for a new agenda to discuss these topics. Rac

Contents:

Race, Housing & Community: Perspectives on Policy & Practice; Contents; Glossary; Acknowledgements; 1 Race, Housing and Community; Introduction; An early note about race; About this book; 2 Housing Policy and Practice; Introduction; Policy context; Housing and community cohesion: a critique; Looking ahead: a new agenda?; Declining interest in race and housing: from Macpherson to cohesion; The turning of the wheel: 'muscular liberalism' and integration; Conclusion: a housing journey through multiculturalism, cohesion and integration

3 Developing Cohesive Neighbourhoods in UK Cities: White PerspectivesIntroduction; Race, culture and change; Connecting communities: a focus on white working class communities?; Whiteness: culture and pathology; Community cohesion, institutions and white communities; Housing, fairness and equity: case studies of three neighbourhoods in England; Conclusion; 4 The Emergence of the Black Led Housing Sector; Introduction; The rise of race and housing; Organisational or system failure?; Declining interest in race and housing: the problem with regulation and representation

A recovery of the black and minority ethnic housing sector?Conclusion; 5 Housing, Communities and 'Recycled Racism'; Introduction; The emergence of super-diversity in the UK; Recycled racism; Conclusion; 6 New Frameworks for Race, Housing and Community; Introduction; Towards a new approach to race and housing; Looking ahead: a new agenda?; Policy implications; Conclusion; Appendix A - Public Service Futures: the future of identify and belonging (OPM); Appendix B - LGA guidance on community cohesion; Appendix C - Three Definitions of Community Cohesion; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613435682

9781444354478

1444354477

9781283435680

1283435683

9781444354492

1444354493

9781444354461

1444354469

OCLC:

773564862