Youth, multiculturalism and community cohesion
By: Paul Thomas
Series: Palgrave politics of identity and citizenship series
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
ISBN-13: 9780230251953
Subjects: Race relations; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration; Violence; Racism; Youth; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies; Multiculturalism; Prevention
Description: "This 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"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 198-208) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: community cohesion: a new British policy agenda; title: The emergence of community cohesion; title: Going with the flow?: international comparisons; title: Community cohesion: the death of the British model of multiculturalism?; title: Myths and realities: community cohesion in practice; title: Community cohesion: more than ethnicity?; title: Unwilling citizens?: Muslim young people and identity; title: White young people and community cohesion: refusing contract?; title: A contradiction to community cohesion?: the preventing violent extremism agenda; title: Conclusion: community cohesion as a new phase of British multiculturalism.