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OverviewLived diversities: Space, place and identities in the multi-ethnic city focuses on multi-ethnic interaction in an inner city area. Addressing difficult issues that are often simplistically and negatively portrayed it challenges the stereotypical denigration of inner city life, and Muslim communities in particular. Using well-crafted historical, political and contextual explanations the book provides a nuanced account of contemporary multi-ethnic coexistence. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Charles Husband (The Ethnicity and Social Policy Research Unit, Department of Applied Social Sciences, University of Bradford) , Yunis Alam (Department of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Bradford.) , Jorg Huettermann (Universität Bielefeld) , Joanna FominaPublisher: Bristol University Press Imprint: Policy Press Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.553kg ISBN: 9781447315643ISBN 10: 1447315642 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 24 September 2014 Audience: Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Professional & Vocational , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction; Bradford and Manningham: historical context and current dynamics; Walking Manningham: Theorizing the reading of Manningham’s physical terrain: Streetscapes, soundscapes and the semiotics of the physical environment; Migratory waves and negotiated identities: The polish population of Bradford; Manningham: Lived Diversity; The Car, The Streetscape and Inter-ethnic Dynamics; Conclusion: Recognising Diversity and Planning for Co-existence.ReviewsLived diversities is a suggestive, richly textured study of everyday urban multiculture. Its engagement with issues of conflict, conviviality and banal civility will reward and challenge researchers and practitioners working through the implications of diversity for contemporary conceptions of citizenship. Therese O'Toole, University of Bristol An intelligent and lively contribution to the critique of 'social cohesion' discourse in the policy sector. It provides a vivid analysis of local Bradford street life, where cars, buildings and sounds play an integral social, cultural and political role. Prof John Eade, University of Roehampton Lived diversities is a suggestive, richly textured study of everyday urban multiculture. Its engagement with issues of conflict, conviviality and banal civility will reward and challenge researchers and practitioners working through the implications of diversity for contemporary conceptions of citizenship. Therese O'Toole, University of Bristol Lived diversities is a suggestive, richly textured study of everyday urban multiculture. Its engagement with issues of conflict, conviviality and banal civility will reward and challenge researchers and practitioners working through the implications of diversity for contemporary conceptions of citizenship. Therese O'Toole, University of Bristol An intelligent and lively contribution to the critique of 'social cohesion' discourse in the policy sector. It provides a vivid analysis of local Bradford street life, where cars, buildings and sounds play an integral social, cultural and political role. Prof John Eade, University of Roehampton A fascinating and revealing account of the micro-interactions of life in a contemporary British community. It is a very timely discussion which should help to challenge simplistic stereotypes of multiculturalism 'failing', urban decline and interethnic conflict. Dr Caroline Howarth, LSE; Successfully explores the concept of co-existence within a contemporary multi-ethnic urban specific space...multiple authors contest deficit discoursesregarding diversity in Britain. Sociological Imagination """Lived diversities is a suggestive, richly textured study of everyday urban multiculture. Its engagement with issues of conflict, conviviality and banal civility will reward and challenge researchers and practitioners working through the implications of diversity for contemporary conceptions of citizenship."" Therese O'Toole, University of Bristol ""An intelligent and lively contribution to the critique of 'social cohesion' discourse in the policy sector. It provides a vivid analysis of local Bradford street life, where cars, buildings and sounds play an integral social, cultural and political role."" Prof John Eade, University of Roehampton ""A fascinating and revealing account of the micro-interactions of life in a contemporary British community. It is a very timely discussion which should help to challenge simplistic stereotypes of multiculturalism 'failing', urban decline and interethnic conflict."" Dr Caroline Howarth, LSE" Author InformationDr.Charles Husband is an interdisciplinary social scientist with a commitment to policy relevant research in the area of ethnic relations. He is Professor Emeritus in Social Analysis at the University of Bradford, Docent in Sociology at the University of Helsinki, and Visiting Professor at the Sami University College, Kautokeino, Norway. Dr. Yunis Alam is a lecturer in the division of Social Sciences and Criminal Justice Studies at the University of Bradford. His teaching and research interests include ethnic relations and social cohesion, popular culture, post-colonial literature and ethnographic research. Dr. Jrg Httermann is a research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Department of Socio-cultural Diversity, Gttingen University. He has worked in recent years as a researcher at the Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence Research( IKG) at the University of Bielefeld. His research has sought to illuminate the constructive potential of conflict for multi-ethnic societies. Dr.Joanna Fomina is a researcher and policy analyst. Her research interests include migration and cultural diversity, Polish diaspora in the UK, civic participation of migrants, border management as well as democratisation in Eastern Europe. She has authored a number of articles, research reports and policy papers as well as a book on British multiculturalism. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |