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Negotiating Cohesion, Inequality and Change
Hannah Jones
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Description for Negotiating Cohesion, Inequality and Change
Using original empirical data, this book explores how local government officers and politicians negotiate 'difficult subjects' linked with community cohesion policy: diversity, inequality, discrimination, extremism, migration, religion, class, power and change. Winner of the BSA Philip Abrams Memorial Prize 2014 Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JPR; KJMD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 508.
How are multiculturalism, inequality and belonging understood in the day-to-day thinking and practices of local government? Examining original empirical data, this book explores how local government officers and politicians negotiate 'difficult subjects' linked with community cohesion policy: diversity, inequality, discrimination, extremism, migration, religion, class, power and change. The book argues that such work necessitates 'uncomfortable positions' when managing ethical, professional and political commitments. Based on first-hand experience of working in urban local government and extensive ethnographic, interview and documentary research, the book applies governmentality perspectives in a new way to consider how people working within government are subject to regimes ... Read more
How are multiculturalism, inequality and belonging understood in the day-to-day thinking and practices of local government? Examining original empirical data, this book explores how local government officers and politicians negotiate 'difficult subjects' linked with community cohesion policy: diversity, inequality, discrimination, extremism, migration, religion, class, power and change. The book argues that such work necessitates 'uncomfortable positions' when managing ethical, professional and political commitments. Based on first-hand experience of working in urban local government and extensive ethnographic, interview and documentary research, the book applies governmentality perspectives in a new way to consider how people working within government are subject to regimes ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447310037
SKU
V9781447310037
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99-15
About Hannah Jones
Hannah Jones is an Assistant Professor in Sociology at the University of Warwick. She previously worked in local government in inner London, and has held positions as a Visiting Scholar at the Institute for Public Knowledge, New York University, Research Associate in the Faculty of Social Sciences at The Open University, Teaching Fellow in the Department Sociology, Goldsmiths, University of ... Read more
Reviews for Negotiating Cohesion, Inequality and Change
"A beautifully written book that gets right to the heart of negotiations over community relations in contemporary Britain." Ben Rogaly, University of Sussex "Provides original insights into the challenges of negotiating multiculturalism and diversity in the U.K. context." American Journal of Sociology "This book provides an original and critical analysis with significant implications for public policy and will be essential ... Read more