‘The best borough in the country for cohesion!’: managing place and multiculture in local government

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Original citation: Jones, Hannah. (2014) 'The best borough in the country for cohesion!' : managing place and multiculture in local government. Ethnic and Racial Studies, Volume 37 (Number 4). pp. 605-620. Permanent WRAP url:http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/62300 Copyright and reuse:The Warwick Research Archive Portal (WRAP) makes this work by researchers of the University of Warwick available open access under the following conditions. Copyright © and all moral rights to the version of the paper presented here belong to the individual author(s) and/or other copyright owners. To the extent reasonable and practicable the material made available in WRAP has been checked for eligibility before being made available.Copies of full items can be used for personal research or study, educational, or not-for profit purposes without prior permission or charge. Provided that the authors, title and full bibliographic details are credited, a hyperlink and/or URL is given for the original metadata page and the content is not changed in any way. A note on versions:The version presented here may differ from the published version or, version of record, if you wish to cite this item you are advised to consult the publisher's version. Please see the 'permanent WRAP url' above for details on accessing the published version and note that access may require a subscription.

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“…Especially in times of crisis like the 1955 riots, people stress their Burgaz identity rooted in conviviality, which endorses the continuity of pluralism. Hence, this Burgaz case study can contribute to studies of multiculturalism (Kymlicka 2010), social cohesion (Jones 2014), and migration at both the normative/institutional and grassroots/subjective levels by emphasising ebru-like conviviality in terms of how stayers and newcomers live together, manage tensions, recognise and respect diversity, and come to share similar values and sense of belonging to a place. Deniz Neriman Duru (PhD University of Sussex, BA SOAS) is a postdoctoral researcher in the Media, Cognition and Communication Department at the University of Copenhagen.…”

“…Claims of the 'death of multiculturalism' have raised anxieties that multiculturalism may trigger social breakdown, a threat to the unity of the nation, because people lead parallel lives and form extremist groups (Vertovec & Wessendorf 2010). The political project concerning diversity changed from 'multiculturalism' to 'community cohesion', emphasising national identity, unity, and the integration of immigrants as a way of bonding people, especially in the UK (Jones 2014). Karner and Parker (2011) and Kymlicka (2010) criticise 'community cohesion' as a step back towards assimilationist approaches to managing diversity.…”

Valuing the bowling alley: Contestations over the preservation of spaces of everyday urban multiculture in London

“…In the context of austerity measures brought in by the Coalition Government that have radically reduced the funds available to local councils manifesting in a 40% cut in funding since 2010 (Local Government Association, 2014; Sparrow, 2015), there is an added urgency to generate private capital. Within this context, the language of multiculturalism is becoming increasingly complemented by an appeal to the capital-generating possibilities of diversity (Jones, 2013). However, in the Finsbury Park case, these plans – and particular framing of a diverse community as generating economic value – have not gone unchallenged.…”

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