Youth, multiculturalism and community cohesion
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Published: |
Palgrave Macmillan,
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Publisher Address: | Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York |
Publication Dates: | 2011. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Series: |
Palgrave politics of identity and citizenship series |
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Carrier Form: | vii, 219 p.: ; 23 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780230251953 (hardback) 0230251951 (hardback) |
Index Number: | D756 |
CLC: | D756.161 |
Call Number: | D756.161/T461 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 198-208) and index. 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: refusing contract? -- A contradiction to community cohesion?: the preventing violent extremism agenda -- Conclusion: community cohesion as a new phase of British multiculturalism. "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"-- |