Harris Beider

White working-class voices

Multiculturalism, community-building and change

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Popular views of white working-class communities are common but knowledge of their views on multiculturalism and change less so. This important book provides the first substantial analysis of white working-class perspectives on themes of multiculturalism and change in the UK, creating an opportunity for these 'silent voices' to be heard. Based on over 200 interviews in multiple sites the results are startling - challenging politicians, policy makers and researchers. Improving our understanding of how this group went from 'hero to zero', became framed as racist, resistant to change and disconnected from politics, the book suggests a new and pr… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-4473-1398-4
EAN: 9781447313984
Produktnummer: 20517347
Verlag: Policy Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
Seitenangabe: 208 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 354 KB
Auflage: 1. Auflage

Über den Autor

Dr Harris Beider is Chair in Community Cohesion at the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations Coventry University. Previously he was Visiting Professor at Columbia University in New York City and Senior Fellow at the University of Birmingham. He spent 10 years as a community development worker and leading two national organizations focused on race, housing and renewal. A frequent commentator, he has written about the issues of race, community and identity in books and papers and spoken about these subjects nationally and internationally.