Immigrants and Residence

Collison, Peter

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“…Again, evidence on status isolation in particular communities is difficult to adduce, but we would hypothesize that the African and the Indian communities in particular would be subject to this constraint, since they are the most potentially upwardly mobile. On the occupational position of Indians in Britain see Collison (1967Collison ( , 1970.…”

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Mental Illness in Immigrant Minorities in London

Bagley

1971

J. Biosoc. Sci.

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An epidemiological study has been made of rates of mental illness in a number of ethnic minorities who are immigrants to Britain, and have settled in a denned area of South London. Of the groups considered, those from Africa, the Old Commonwealth, India and Pakistan have the highest rates. The lowest rates were found in those from Cyprus and Malta, native Britons, and those from the Caribbean. After controlling for the effects of age, sex and social class it was found that the pattern of illness in a number of the immigrant groups differed from the pattern found in the native born. Those from Africa, the Caribbean and India and Pakistan manifested an excess of schizophrenia, while those from Eire manifested a dearth of such illness when compared with matched, nativeborn controls. The combination of the following factors was used to try to predict the rank order of illness rates among the ethnic groups considered: community integration; status isolation; status striving in a climate of limited opportunity; and selective migration.

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Mental Illness in Immigrant Minorities in London

Bagley

1971

J. Biosoc. Sci.

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“…For example, the journal has presented an extensive array of highly significant papers (see, for example, Brown and Brannen, 1970;Crompton, 1987) which still have something to offer current concerns within the sociology of work and employment. The same is true for the study of ethnicity and migration and we should revisit earlier discussions within these pages, such as Collison (1967), Fowler et al (1977) Brewer (1982 or Anthias (1998), to ascertain what we can (re)learn. Sociology has also carried classic studies that shaped the discipline, in relation to both teaching and research.…”

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Sociology’s Fate: Intersections of History and (My) Biography

Goodwin

2016

Sociology

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In this reflective piece I use Mills as a starting point for exploring the intersections between my own biography and some of the main trends in sociology since the journal Sociology was published 50 years ago. The Millsean motif of intertwined ‘personal troubles’ and ‘developments of the epoch’ can usefully be used to examine individual experiences of change and transformation in the discipline and consider key trends such as the ‘flight’ of the discipline and the push towards interdisciplinarity.

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“…Work by Davison in the field has used indices of concentration;5 and Collison has compared the concentration of immigrant groups by a number of area characteristics. 6 Doherty's study of London has linked immigrant concentrations to concentrations of stressful conditions.' But these studies have tended to be descriptive rather than analytical.…”

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Race Relations Research: Some Issues of Approach and Application

Lambert

Filkin

1971

Race

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In this paper we want to explore some issues arising from our undertaking a policy-oriented research project in the field of race relations: some of these issues derive from the aim of policy-orientation, some from the field of 'race relations'.The background to the research, as is appropriate for its place-the Centre for Urban and Regional Studies at Birmingham University-is the debate over housing policy, particularly council housing policy. The Cullingworth Committee on the allocation of council housing found local authorities in a confused state as to what they should be doing; research had shown up the shortcomings and dilemmas; there was no shortage of data about the fact of large concentrations of coloured immigrants in housing stress areas; but there were scanty data on the conditions in which coloured families live; there were varieties in the rules of residence and length of stay as admission qualifications, and there were hopes rather than policies for dispersal.'The Committee Report argued emphatically for positive declared policies, and outlined how standard practices in relation to assessment and access, which assume considerable knowledge of the intricate confusing process of local authority housing, could have the effect of excluding coloured families, as do rules about eligibility, as well as prejudice. But the Committee was also clearly convinced that there is more to policy than improved communication: they treat with admirable clarity the problem of dispersal. It puts forward the arguments about the undesirability of concentrations in poor areas, recognises the effects of discrimination and the avoidance of it, and poses the question: 'What if free choice leads to a continuation of, or even an increase in, concentration ?' It argues that no answer can be given, there is insufficient knowledge to assess the prediction, its consequences, or its remedy. 'We are convinced that any policy of dispersal in the field of housing must be implemented with great sensitivity, with no element of compulsion or direction, and can proceed only at the pace of the needs and wishes of the people involved .... In no other field is policy in such great need of continuous review on the basis of research.12But what research exactly ? There is a somewhat simplistic notion conveyed by the report that policy must be based on what people want: to discover these wants and aspirations and spell out ways in which they may be satisfied is the goal of policy-oriented research. If a conflict is discovered-'What if immigrants don't want to be dispersed ?'-then perhaps policy should try cautiously to effect a change in attitude: or such is the drift in that line of argument. Policy makers find as a result that, in the short run at least, they are advocating two

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Immigrants and Residence

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Mental Illness in Immigrant Minorities in London

Mental Illness in Immigrant Minorities in London

Sociology’s Fate: Intersections of History and (My) Biography

Race Relations Research: Some Issues of Approach and Application

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