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Urban areas in the UK and beyond have seen significant changes in patterns of immigration, leading to profound diversification. This diversification is characterized by not only the multiplication of people of different national origins, but also differentiations regarding migration histories, relig...
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Palgrave Macmillan,
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| Publisher Address: | Basingstoke : |
| Publication Dates: | 2014. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Global diversities
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| Summary: |
Urban areas in the UK and beyond have seen significant changes in patterns of immigration, leading to profound diversification. This diversification is characterized by not only the multiplication of people of different national origins, but also differentiations regarding migration histories, religions, educational backgrounds, legal statuses and socio-economic backgrounds. How has this diversification of diversity, also described as 'super-diversity', impacted on social life on the local level? How do people get along in a context where almost everybody comes from elsewhere? This book pres |
| Carrier Form: | xi, 200 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-193) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781137033307 : 1137033304 |
| Index Number: | HM1271 |
| CLC: | C912.81-156.1 |
| Call Number: | C912.81-156.1/W515 |
| Contents: | 1. Introduction: Studying Commonplace Diversity -- 2. From Multiculturalism to Diversity: Mapping the Field -- 3. The Emergence of Commonplace Diversity -- 4. Everyday Encounters in Public Space -- 5. Regular Encounters in the Parochial Realm -- 6. The Ethos of Mixing -- 7. Social Milieus and Friendships -- 8. Commonplace Diversity, Social Divisions and Inequality: Riots in Hackney -- 9. Conclusion. |