Community cohesion in crisis? : : New dimensions of diversity and difference / / ed. by John Flint, David Robinson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-1995
• MitwirkendeR: Ahmed, Sameera,; Blandy, Sarah,; Burnett, Jon,; Burrows, Roger,; Cole, Ian,; Ferrari, Ed,; Fletcher, Del Roy,; Flint, John,; Furbey, Robert,; Kintrea, Keith,; Phillips, Deborah,; Reeve, Kesia,; Robinson, David,; Simpson, Ludi,; Suzuki, Naofumi,; Wells, Peter,
• HerausgeberIn: Flint, John,; Robinson, David,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2008]; ©2008
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (288 p.)

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.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Contents -- List of tables and figures -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on contributors -- Introduction -- Community cohesion and the politics of communitarianism -- Community cohesion in Bradford: neoliberal integrationism -- Connectivity of place and housing market change: the case of Birmingham -- Shifting geographies of minority ethnic settlement: remaking communities in Oldham and Rochdale -- Employment and disconnection: cultures of worklessness in neighbourhoods -- Beyond ‘social glue’? ‘Faith’ and community cohesion -- The third sector and community cohesion in deprived neighbourhoods -- Welfare state institutions and secessionary neighbourhood spaces -- New immigration and neighbourhood change -- Too much cohesion? Young people’s territoriality in Glasgow and Edinburgh -- Geodemographics and the construction of differentiated neighbourhoods -- Secession or cohesion? Exploring the impact of gated communities -- Conclusions -- Index