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Youth, Multiculturalism and Community Cohesion

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  • © 2011

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  1. Paul Thomas

    1. University of Huddersfield, UK

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction: Community Cohesion – A New British Policy Agenda

    • Paul Thomas
    Pages 1-13

  3. The Emergence of Community Cohesion

    • Paul Thomas
    Pages 14-41

  4. Going with the Flow? International Comparisons

    • Paul Thomas
    Pages 42-68

  5. Community Cohesion: The Death of the British Model of Multiculturalism?

    • Paul Thomas
    Pages 69-91

  6. Myths and Realities: Community Cohesion in Practice

    • Paul Thomas
    Pages 92-115

  7. Community Cohesion: More than Ethnicity?

    • Paul Thomas
    Pages 116-132

  8. Unwilling Citizens? Muslim Young People and Identity

    • Paul Thomas
    Pages 133-150

  9. White Young People and Community Cohesion – Refusing Contact?

    • Paul Thomas
    Pages 151-167

  10. A Contradiction to Community Cohesion? The ‘Preventing Violent Extremism’ Agenda

    • Paul Thomas
    Pages 168-186

  11. Conclusion: Community Cohesion as a New Phase of British Multiculturalism

    • Paul Thomas
    Pages 187-197

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 198-219
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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.

Reviews

"[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

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  • University of Huddersfield, UK

    Paul Thomas

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PAUL 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.

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