Social capital or social exclusion? The impact of asylum-seeker dispersal on UK refugee community organizations

Zetter, Roger; Griffiths, David; Sigona, Nando

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“…This operation, as Zetter et al (2005) describe, in conditions of exclusion make most RCOs too small to have any real power, particularly when the communities they represent are generally invisible in ethnic monitoring data. The interviews and participant observation work we undertook in the West Midlands clearly indicated that RCOs want to engage in transformational work.…”

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“…According to Zetter et al (2005), the conventional paradigm concerning RCOs was to consider them an agency for the integration of refugees through the development of bonding and eventually bridging social capital (Putnam, 2002). According to Zetter et al (2005), the conventional paradigm concerning RCOs was to consider them an agency for the integration of refugees through the development of bonding and eventually bridging social capital (Putnam, 2002).…”

Section: The Role and Function Of Rcosmentioning

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“…Whilst many had an integrative role, when it came to dealing with the individual, they felt marginal to the process of integration 'they observed gaps in their relationships with other agencies, yet they knew that their work with mainstream agencies was vital if they were to make a difference' (Gameledin-Adhami et al, 2002: 11). Zetter et al (2005) contend that RCOs elect to depart from conventional forms of organisation, adopting fluid institutional forms and weak associations with institutions in a bid to resist the predominantly asylum seeker hostile, policy environment. Griffiths et al (2005) identify two main issues that contribute to the disempowerment of RCOs at a transformational level.…”

Section: The Role and Function Of Rcosmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Failing to Adapt: Institutional Barriers to RCOs Engagement in Transformation of Social Welfare

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Goodson

2010

Social Policy & Society

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Britain has entered a new era of super-diversity and many regions of the UK are experiencing the arrival of new communities. Refugee Community Organisations (RCOs) have developed following the arrival of new asylum seeking and refugee communities, and have been charged with the role of supporting the integration of these newcomers. However, there is much evidence to suggest that they are functioning only with individuals rather than working with institutions to transform systems and ensure welfare provision is adapted to account for diverse needs. This paper looks at the role of RCOs in attempting transformation and, using data collected through survey, interviews, and participatory action research, examines the extent to which RCOs are able to engage with the public and wider voluntary sector, to ensure that refugees' welfare needs can be met. It finds that in addition to the much-researched functional barriers to transformation, there are major institutional barriers to engagement. Institutions have failed to adapt their systems to enable representation of new communities instead expecting RCOs to build their own capacity to communicate. The paper ends by offering some ideas around resourcing RCOs to be represented and developing the capacity of institutions to adapt to new diversity.

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Failing to Adapt: Institutional Barriers to RCOs Engagement in Transformation of Social Welfare

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2010

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“…CASTLES et al 2002;GRIFFITHS et al 2005;PERRY 2005;SPENCER, 2006;ATFIELD et al 2007;ZETTER et al 2005) have recognised that the integration of refugees is rarely a straightforward process. Furthermore, some consider the notion of integration itself to be problematic in that it may be seen as a requirement imposed on migrants to 'fit in'.…”

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“Steps on the Way to Social Integration”: Initial Social Interactions of Refugees From Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan With the Host Society, Their Relevance, Assessment and Implications

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2017

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“…The issue of the 'invisibility' of many BME VCO organisations has been highlighted within the literature with some arguing that a lack of legal status is the norm for many small migrant and refugee organisations (Zetter et al, 2005), reflecting their wariness of engaging with the formal regulatory state system. Hence any estimation of the number of organisations based on formal incorporations is liable to be a substantial underestimate.…”

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Social Enterprise and Ethnic Minorities: Exploring the Consequences of the Evolving British Policy Agenda

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Syrett

Calvo

2013

Environ Plann C Gov Policy

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Recent year have seen successive British governments move social enterprise centre stage as a policy construct. Yet there remains little understanding as to whether this policy direction provides new opportunities for engagement for migrant and ethnic minority groups or acts to reinforce past processes of exclusion. This article addresses this issue by examining the nature and extent of migrant and ethnic minorities' involvement in social enterprise activity and the resulting implications for policy and practice. Through original empirical analysis of ethnic minority third sector organisations in East London, results are presented in relation to the challenges of defining and measuring this arena of activity, the nature of the current transition towards social enterprise forms, and the extent of engagement in the policy process. The paper concludes that the narrow arena of action for social enterprise activity as promoted within the current policy discourse provides little scope for engagement for the majority of small-scale ethnic minority organisations.

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Social capital or social exclusion? The impact of asylum-seeker dispersal on UK refugee community organizations

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Failing to Adapt: Institutional Barriers to RCOs Engagement in Transformation of Social Welfare

Failing to Adapt: Institutional Barriers to RCOs Engagement in Transformation of Social Welfare

“Steps on the Way to Social Integration”: Initial Social Interactions of Refugees From Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan With the Host Society, Their Relevance, Assessment and Implications

Social Enterprise and Ethnic Minorities: Exploring the Consequences of the Evolving British Policy Agenda

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