Identity, Ethnic Diversity and Community Cohesion

Wetherell, Margaret (Editor)/ Lafleche, Michelynn (Editor)/ Berkeley, Robert (Editor)

ISBN 10: 1412946166 / ISBN 13: 9781412946162

Published by Sage Pubns Ltd, 2007

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161 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.50 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Identity, Ethnic Diversity and Community Cohesion
• Publisher: Sage Pubns Ltd
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1412946166
• ISBN 13: 9781412946162
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.41 kilograms

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Synopsis

This book debates these questions and explores the concept of identity and how its different meanings and interpretations impact upon community policy. The chapters bring together leading academics, policymakers, think-tank representatives, and community workers to debate the connections between ethnic diversity, identity, and community cohesion.

About the Authors

Margaret Wetherell is Professor of Social Psychology at the Open University, UK and Director of the Economic and Social Research Council Programme on Identities and Social Action.

Rob Berkeley has been Director of the Runnymede since January 2009. He was Deputy Director between 2005 and 2009. His doctoral studies focused on exclusion from school. He has been Chair of governors at a South London primary school, Chair of Naz Project London (which provides sexual health and HIV prevention and support services to various minority ethnic communities), and a Trustee of Stonewall, and the Equality and Diversity Forum, and a member of the Commission on 2020 Public Services.