People are on the move across the globe, seeking labour elsewhere. While some'jog-trot'... more People are on the move across the globe, seeking labour elsewhere. While some'jog-trot'across borders (Balibar, 2002: 83), and others negotiate the ever changing legal remit of border controls, a significant number risk their lives to get to those parts of the world where ...
ABSTRACT This book argues that social cohesion is achieved through people (new arrivals as well a... more ABSTRACT This book argues that social cohesion is achieved through people (new arrivals as well as the long-term settled) being able to resolve the conflicts and tensions within their day-to-day lives in ways that they find positive and viable. These everyday tensions and difficulties are not the result of segregated communities or introduced by problematic new arrivals but rather arise from the conditions of postindustrialism, individualism and neoliberalism. These social and economic forces shape the contours of people's everyday lives, varying according to where they live and the histories of those places. Most important are the histories and narratives of earlier migrations in each place. This book challenges the prevailing view that social cohesion is about the assimilation of new immigrants through acceptance of shared values of Britishness. Rather social cohesion is achieved through people's broad acceptance of a diverse Britain and by navigating the fine lines between separateness and commonalities/differences and unity in the places where they live.
The article traces the history of Women's Studies from its beginnings as the'in... more The article traces the history of Women's Studies from its beginnings as the'intellectual arm of the women's movement'. It argues that the complex story of Women's Studies has been marked by both ambiguity and uncertainty as well as sustained political commitment in the ...
Abstract In Britain issues of migration are framed by the government's commitmen... more Abstract In Britain issues of migration are framed by the government's commitment to achieving community cohesion through embracing diversity. The social capital said to bind social cohesion is the shared values of tolerance, human rights and equality. Migrants, as ...
Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews, 2014
The relationship between migration and social cohesion in the United Kingdom is a live and divisi... more The relationship between migration and social cohesion in the United Kingdom is a live and divisive political issue featuring regularly in the media and in politicians' speeches. Newspaper headlines have ranged from 'Muslim Europe: The Demographic Time Bomb Transforming our Continent' (Daily Telegraph 8 August 2009) to 'Don't listen to the Whingers-London Needs Immigrants' (Evening Standard 23 October 2009) to 'Ethnic Minorities to make up 20% of UK Population by 2051' (Guardian 14 July 2010). Politicians' comments on the subject have varied from the then Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Hazel Blears 'White working class feels ignored over immigration' (Guardian 2 January 2009), to the then Prime Minister, Gordon Brown's 'Immigration is not out of control' (Irish Times 1 April 2010) to the current Prime Minister, David Cameron's, 'The challenges of cohesion and integration are among the greatest we face' (Observer 13 May, 2007). All political parties were agreed that immigration was a crucial issue on the doorsteps in the 2010 General Election. In that election the Conservatives came to power promising to put a cap on non-European Union immigration; the Liberal Democrats came to power promising to change the immigration system to make it firm and fair so that people could once again put their faith in it; and the New Labour government lost power refusing to put a cap on immigration because it would be detrimental to employers, while insisting that various measures were systematically reducing annual immigration rates. In truth there is little between these statements as the Coalition government's efforts to amend their cap on immigration in the face of protests from business leaders demonstrates. There is no more febrile issue in British politics than immigration, apart maybe from terrorism (and the two are often linked), and part of
People are on the move across the globe, seeking labour elsewhere. While some'jog-trot'... more People are on the move across the globe, seeking labour elsewhere. While some'jog-trot'across borders (Balibar, 2002: 83), and others negotiate the ever changing legal remit of border controls, a significant number risk their lives to get to those parts of the world where ...
ABSTRACT This book argues that social cohesion is achieved through people (new arrivals as well a... more ABSTRACT This book argues that social cohesion is achieved through people (new arrivals as well as the long-term settled) being able to resolve the conflicts and tensions within their day-to-day lives in ways that they find positive and viable. These everyday tensions and difficulties are not the result of segregated communities or introduced by problematic new arrivals but rather arise from the conditions of postindustrialism, individualism and neoliberalism. These social and economic forces shape the contours of people's everyday lives, varying according to where they live and the histories of those places. Most important are the histories and narratives of earlier migrations in each place. This book challenges the prevailing view that social cohesion is about the assimilation of new immigrants through acceptance of shared values of Britishness. Rather social cohesion is achieved through people's broad acceptance of a diverse Britain and by navigating the fine lines between separateness and commonalities/differences and unity in the places where they live.
The article traces the history of Women's Studies from its beginnings as the'in... more The article traces the history of Women's Studies from its beginnings as the'intellectual arm of the women's movement'. It argues that the complex story of Women's Studies has been marked by both ambiguity and uncertainty as well as sustained political commitment in the ...
Abstract In Britain issues of migration are framed by the government's commitmen... more Abstract In Britain issues of migration are framed by the government's commitment to achieving community cohesion through embracing diversity. The social capital said to bind social cohesion is the shared values of tolerance, human rights and equality. Migrants, as ...
Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews, 2014
The relationship between migration and social cohesion in the United Kingdom is a live and divisi... more The relationship between migration and social cohesion in the United Kingdom is a live and divisive political issue featuring regularly in the media and in politicians' speeches. Newspaper headlines have ranged from 'Muslim Europe: The Demographic Time Bomb Transforming our Continent' (Daily Telegraph 8 August 2009) to 'Don't listen to the Whingers-London Needs Immigrants' (Evening Standard 23 October 2009) to 'Ethnic Minorities to make up 20% of UK Population by 2051' (Guardian 14 July 2010). Politicians' comments on the subject have varied from the then Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Hazel Blears 'White working class feels ignored over immigration' (Guardian 2 January 2009), to the then Prime Minister, Gordon Brown's 'Immigration is not out of control' (Irish Times 1 April 2010) to the current Prime Minister, David Cameron's, 'The challenges of cohesion and integration are among the greatest we face' (Observer 13 May, 2007). All political parties were agreed that immigration was a crucial issue on the doorsteps in the 2010 General Election. In that election the Conservatives came to power promising to put a cap on non-European Union immigration; the Liberal Democrats came to power promising to change the immigration system to make it firm and fair so that people could once again put their faith in it; and the New Labour government lost power refusing to put a cap on immigration because it would be detrimental to employers, while insisting that various measures were systematically reducing annual immigration rates. In truth there is little between these statements as the Coalition government's efforts to amend their cap on immigration in the face of protests from business leaders demonstrates. There is no more febrile issue in British politics than immigration, apart maybe from terrorism (and the two are often linked), and part of
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