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OverviewThis book discusses the meaning and practice of British community cohesion policies, youth identities in racially-tense areas and the British government's attempts to 'prevent violent extremism' amongst young Muslims. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Paul ThomasPublisher: Palgrave Macmillan Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.482kg ISBN: 9780230251953ISBN 10: 0230251951 Pages: 219 Publication Date: 08 March 2011 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Community Cohesion – A New British Policy Agenda The Emergence of Community Cohesion Going with the Flow? International Comparisons Community Cohesion – The Death of the British Model of Multiculturalism? Myths and Realities – Community Cohesion in Practice Community Cohesion – More than Ethnicity? Unwilling Citizens? Muslim Young People and Identity White Young People and Community Cohesion – The Refusniks? A Contradiction to Community Cohesion? The Preventing Violent Extremism Agenda Conclusion – Community Cohesion as a New Phase of British Multiculturalism BibliographyReviewsShortlisted for the British Sociological Association's Philip Abrams Memorial Prize 2012 makes an important and much-needed contribution to the debates about multiculturalism...I would highly recommend this book to anyone interested in developing a critical understanding of this contested territory - Youth & Policy [Thomas] questions the singular policy emphasis of academics on difference rather than commonality...and that ethno-racial social processes need to be understood locally as well as nationally, and in terms of their actual practice rather than seen through an ideological lens. These insights are usefully extended in discussions of class, gender, and territory in ethno-racial relations among young people. - Contemporary Sociology An important and much-needed contribution to the debates about multiculturalism...I would highly recommend this book to anyone interested in developing a critical understanding of this contested territory - Youth & Policy [It] makes a contribution to the literature on community cohesion by challenging myths and assumptions about key debates and terms, and by problematizing the boundaries of 'progressive' critiques and actions against ethnic inequalities and racism...this book also provides an important historical policy background to these debates - Sociological Review Author InformationPAUL THOMAS Senior Lecturer in Youth and Community Work at the School of Education and Professional Development, University of Huddersfield, UK. Previously he was Youth Campaigns Officer at the Commission for Racial Equality in the north of England, and worked for a national voluntary sector youth work organisation. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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