Leicester's Cultural Diversity in the Context of the British Debate on Multiculturalism

Bonney, Richard; Goff, William Le

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“…This focus on Muslims is congruent with the foregrounding of cultural factors rather than economic/structural forces (Kalra and Kapoor, 2009) (Bonney and LeGoff, 2007;Finney and Simpson, 2009). Similarly, the 'white working class' communities seen by the Labour government as 'under pressure', a euphemism for susceptibility to the BNP, and targeted by the short-lived 'Connecting Communities' fund (Denham, 2009), seem to be some of those spatially defined working class communities most affected by the de-industrialisation of the past thirty years.…”

Section: Community Cohesion: a Racialised Agenda?mentioning

confidence: 86%

“…Oldham and Leicester are distinguished not by their management of ethnic diversity, but by the relative success of Leicester in developing a viable, post-industrial economy and diverse labour market. In fact, Indian-origin communities in Leicester are as spatially segregated as Muslim communities are in Oldham or Bradford, but are more successful, and hence ‘integrated’, in terms of educational success and employment (Bonney and LeGoff, 2007; Finney and Simpson, 2009). Similarly, the ‘white working class’ communities seen by the Labour government as ‘under pressure’, a euphemism for susceptibility to the British National Party (BNP), and targeted by the short-lived ‘Connecting Communities’ fund (Denham, 2009), seem to be some of those spatially defined working class communities most affected by the de-industrialization of the past thirty years.…”

Section: Community Cohesion: a Racialized Agenda?mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Crossing the line? White young people and community cohesion

Thomas

Sanderson

2012

Critical Social Policy

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Section: Community Cohesion: a Racialised Agenda?mentioning

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Crossing the line? White young people and community cohesion

Thomas

Sanderson

2012

Critical Social Policy

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“…Increasingly, established BME and migrant groups are relocating to suburban areas (Sabater, 2008). So, for example, in the case of Glasgow there was a marked growth of South Asian (Indian and Pakistani) populations away from established areas of settlement and into neighbouring suburbs (McGarrigle and Kearns, 2009, page 463), while in Leicester, too, there has been increasing aspirational mobility and suburbanisation among more affl uent South Asian populations since the mid-1990s (Bonney and Le Goff, 2006;Tyler, 2006). There is also evidence that small cities and large towns such as Peterborough (Erel, 2011;Quareshi and Rogaly, 2011) and Milton Keynes (Kesten et al, 2011) have become sites for emergent multicultural populations.…”

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Living Multiculture: Understanding the New Spatial and Social Relations of Ethnicity and Multiculture in England

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Bennett

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Since 2001, as the social and spatial compositions of multiculture and migration have become more complicated and diverse, geography has moved back to the centre of policy, political, and academic arguments about cultural difference and ethnic diversity in England. This spatial turn is most obvious in preoccupations with notions of increasing ethnic segregation, but it is also apparent in discussions of the possibility of everyday multicultural exchanges in relationally understood places. Responding to the work of others on these questions and in these places, and informed by data from research exploring Ghanaian and Somali migrant settlement in Milton Keynes, we review some of the quantitative and qualitative evidence being drawn on in academic, policy, and political debates about contemporary multiculture. We problematise the dominance of the concept of segregation in these debates and examine the value of the concept of conviviality for understanding the ways in which multiculture is lived. IntroductionThe ways in which ethnic and cultural difference is lived and managed have been at the centre of debates across the social sciences in a range of national and globalised settings (see, eg. . Although these are transnational debates, in the sense that similar issues are considered in a range of contexts, they have quite specific national and local expressions. There is, however, a marked tension in the discussion between those who focus on the identification of a continuing process of segregation between ethnic groups and those who highlight the more interactive negotiations of multiculture. Here the issue is explored through the recent experience in England, where the tension has been apparent not only in the contributions made by academics but also in the pronouncements of politicians and in developing forms of policy practice.

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“…The relative absence of dominant single industry economic collapse, the outmigration of some of the most vocal racists, the rejection of far-right political parties by white working-class communities and the role of a strong and visible anti-racist movement in the city are also recognized as contributing to this picture (Singh 2003). However, reactions to the growing diversity of the city's population, has also thrown up new dynamics and tensions (Bonney and Le Goff 2007), leading to concerns that it may be the multicultural as opposed to the intercultural character of relations that may be the city's greatest 'threat' to a peaceful and progressive future (Hussain et al 2003).…”

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Living the multicultural city: acceptance, belonging and young identities in the city of Leicester, England

Clayton¹

2012

Ethnic and Racial Studies

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To cite this article: John Clayt on (2011): Living t he mult icult ural cit y: accept ance, belonging and young ident it ies in t he cit y of Leicest er, England, Et hnic and Racial St udies, DOI:10.1080DOI:10. / 01419870.2011 To link to this article: ht t p:/ / dx.doi.org/ 10.1080/ 01419870.2011.605457 PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR ARTI CLE Full t erm s and condit ions of use: ht t p: / / www.t andfonline.com / page/ t erm sand-condit ions This art icle m ay be used for research, t eaching, and privat e st udy purposes. Any subst ant ial or syst em at ic reproduct ion, redist ribut ion, reselling, loan, sublicensing, syst em at ic supply, or dist ribut ion in any form t o anyone is expressly forbidden.The publisher does not give any warrant y express or im plied or m ake any represent at ion t hat t he cont ent s will be com plet e or accurat e or up t o dat e. The accuracy of any inst ruct ions, form ulae, and drug doses should be independent ly verified wit h prim ary sources. The publisher shall not be liable for any loss, act ions, claim s, proceedings, dem and, or cost s or dam ages what soever or howsoever caused arising direct ly or indirect ly in connect ion wit h or arising out of t he use of t his m at erial. AbstractDrawing upon research conducted with young people in the city of Leicester, England, this paper explores what it means for those from black and minority ethnic communities, particularly more recent arrivals, to live within and adapt to specific multicultural urban contexts. After introducing prevailing racisms and accommodations, the paper examines how forms of belonging are expressed, re-produced and negotiated through the spatial trajectories of everyday life. This includes the value of emerging versions of place through community, religious practice as a form of social capital, the importance of routine, and the construction of multifaceted identities. Such experiences relate to contingent hierarchies of acceptance and legitimacy, histories of settlement, economic marginalization, as well as gendered and generational roles. These young people negotiate everyday life and belonging by retaining, extending and forging local and trans-national ties; highlighting the relationship between sociospatial positions, everyday practice and identity formation.

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Leicester's Cultural Diversity in the Context of the British Debate on Multiculturalism

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Crossing the line? White young people and community cohesion

Crossing the line? White young people and community cohesion

Living Multiculture: Understanding the New Spatial and Social Relations of Ethnicity and Multiculture in England

Living the multicultural city: acceptance, belonging and young identities in the city of Leicester, England

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