Shifting geographies of minority ethnic settlement: remaking communities in Oldham and Rochdale

Phillips, D.; Simpson, Ludi; Ahmed, Sameera; Flint, John; Robinson, David

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“…Such apparent manifestations of support for, or tolerance of, 'racism' has led supposedly anti-racist commentators to suggest that the white middle class are 'better' at ethnic diversity than the white working class (Ware, 2009),with : working class whites exclusively cast in the role of villain (Collins, 2004:247). The evidence from working class-based youth cultures that have embraced ethnic diversity challenges this (Hebdidge,1979 (Phillips et al, 2008).…”

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Crossing the line? White young people and community cohesion

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2012

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2012

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“…This raises worrying questions about the focus of current debates about the development of so-called 'parallel lives' in multicultural Britain. Recent political discourse on segregation and integration, and its policy solutions, has advocated breaking down cultural differences through desegregation (Phillips et al 2008). Less has been said about alleviating the poverty of the minorities in question.…”

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“…Our research, however, reveals that this conception of community has it limits. The potentially exclusionary nature of apparently cohesive 'communities' should serve as a warning to those policy-makers who place great store on reviving the 'community' as part of the current community cohesion agenda (for example, see Phillips et al 2008). Communities can 'work', but only on their own terms and, as the experience of ultra-Orthodox Jews in Leeds shows, the terms of inclusion may vary between places.…”

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“…Second, the experiences of the Jewish population have implications for current debates and discourses on 'race' and difference. Importantly, they highlight contradictions in the discourse on residential segregation and community embodied in debates about the development of 'parallel lives' and community cohesion (see, for example, Phillips 2006;Phillips et al 2008).…”

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The Model of Integration? Social and Spatial Transformations in the Leeds Jewish Community

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2009

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

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The Jewish population living in Britain has commonly been depicted as a 'model of integration'. This paper explores the social and spatial transitions made by the Jewish community over the course of more than a century of settlement and adaptation, with particular reference to Leeds. Using an historical perspective, the paper traces the changing 'place' of Jews in wider society in terms of their socio-economic status and how they construct themselves as a religious and ethnic minority in Britain. Drawing on a mixed methods approach, the paper reveals how Leeds Jews' understandings of community, identity, integration and citizenship have evolved over time. The research uncovers diverse and complex interpretations of Jewishness and integration, which unsettle the idealised notions of community, the straightforward trajectory of adaptation, and unproblematic conceptions of identity embedded in the Jewish model of integration. The paper reflects on the implications of the Jewish experience for current debates and discourses on 'race', difference and social integration in twenty-first-century Britain.

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“…Outbreaks of urban unrest in a number of towns in northern England, most notably Oldham and Burnley in Lancashire and then Bradford in West Yorkshire (Ritchie, 2001;Clarke, 2001;Kalra, 2003;McGhee, 2005McGhee, , 2008DCLG, 2006;Hussain and Bagguley, 2005;Cheong et al, 2007;D. Phillips et al, 2008) sparked a national debate about the relationship between minority (in particular Muslim) populations and their white neighbours.…”

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‘Community cohesion’: Reflections on a flawed paradigm

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2012

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This paper interrogates a concept at the core of a social policy agenda that has dominated thinking in the UK over the past decade. It argues that the notion of 'community cohesion' is based on a fundamentally flawed interpretation of the sources of tension and conflict in Britain's towns and cities. It overly ethnicises societal divisions and essentialises ethnicity. Examining the development of government policy since 2001 the paper shows that the result has been a predominantly culturalist agenda that obscures key sources of division, most notably those related to social class and material inequality. It is argued that the hegemonic status of this policy stream has also undermined the equalities agenda. The paper concludes with a reflection on the implications of the emergence of a Conservative-led coalition government in May 2010.

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Shifting geographies of minority ethnic settlement: remaking communities in Oldham and Rochdale

Cited by 12 publications

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Crossing the line? White young people and community cohesion

Crossing the line? White young people and community cohesion

The Model of Integration? Social and Spatial Transformations in the Leeds Jewish Community

‘Community cohesion’: Reflections on a flawed paradigm

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