'Sleepwalking to segregation'? : Challenging myths about race and migration /

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"Is Britain really under threat from ethnic diversity? Is the social fabric crumbling as we sleepwalk to segregation? In the context of renewed debates about diversity and cohesion, this book interrogates contemporary claims about race and migration. It demonstrates that many of the claims are...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Finney, Nissa (Author), Simpson, Ludi, 1953- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bristol : The Policy Press, 2009.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Segregation > Soziologie
Überfremdung
Multikulturelle Gesellschaft
Einwanderung
Race relations.
Race.
Multiculturalism.
Immigrants.
Ethnicity.
Emigration and immigration.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Immigrants > Great Britain.
Multiculturalism > Great Britain.
Ethnicity > Great Britain.
Grossbritannien
Great Britain.
Great Britain > Race relations.
Great Britain > Emigration and immigration.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Making sense of race statistics
  • 3. Challenging the myth that 'Britain takes too many immigrants'
  • 4. Challenging the myth that 'So many minorities cannot be integrated'
  • 5. Challenging the myth that 'Minorities do not want to integrate'
  • 6. Challenging the myth that 'Britain is becoming a country of ghettos'
  • 7. Challenging the myth of 'Minority White Cities'
  • 8. Conclusion
  • Myths and counterarguments: a quick reference summary.

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