UID:
almafu_9959870332402883
Format:
1 online resource (x, 346 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-4473-1464-6
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1-4473-1463-8
Content:
Moving Up and Getting On is the first accessible, yet comprehensive, text to critique the effectiveness of recent integration and social cohesion policies. It argues that there needs to be greater emphasis on the social aspects of integration and opportunities for meaningful social contact between migrants and longer-settled residents.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Mar 2022).
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MOVING UP AND GETTING ON; Contents; List of figures and tables; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction; Integration and social cohesion: cases of policy neglect; Reframing integration; Social cohesion, conflict and change; Context and methodology; Structure of the book; 2. The nature of immigration into the UK and how it affects integration and social cohesion; Migration flows; Migration routes and integration; Other demographic characteristics impacting on integration and social cohesion; Labelling versus super-diversity; 3. The emergence of modern policies
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1900-50: contrasting approaches to different groups1950-90: from assimilation to multiculturalism and beyond; The 1990s: the rise of asylum; 2000-05: integration on the agenda; 2005-10: immigration in the spotlight; Integration and social cohesion after 2010; A new integration strategy in England; Populism post-Eastleigh; Why is integration and social cohesion difficult for governments?; 4. Redefining integration and social cohesion; Defining integration; Theoretical approaches; Policy-focused definitions of integration; Towards a new definition; Integration, culture and 'British' values
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Social cohesion: a shifting conceptRedefining social cohesion; The relationship between integration and cohesion; 5. Integration: an incomplete evidence base; Sources of evidence; The evidence and gaps in knowledge; From research to policy; 6. Integration and employment; The labour-market experiences of migrants; Factors impacting on employment among migrants; Policy responses: welfare-to-work; Policy responses: English-language support; Areas for action; 7. Bumpy integration: children and schooling; Educational legacies; The 1990s; Educational developments since 2000
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Educational achievement among migrant childrenThe integration of Nigerian, Polish and Somali children; Ensuring the integration of migrant children; 8. Portuguese and Tamils: case studies in the nuances of integration; Portuguese migration; Sri Lankan Tamil migration; Work and integration; Return migration and integration; Children and the second generation; Policy and practice responses; Supporting integration among Portuguese and Tamils; 9. Irregular migration: the greatest integration challenge of all; Who are irregular migrants?; The scale and nature of irregular migration
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Survival strategiesIntegration and irregular migration; Policy approaches to irregular migration; Local responses to irregular migration in south London; Policy solutions; 10. Mainly about attitudes; Opinion polls and attitudes; The nature of concerns; The nature of attitudes to immigration in Peterborough and London; Peterborough and London in 2005; The east of England after 2005; London since 2005; Narratives of qualified support and normativity; Explanations for attitudinal differences; The importance of meaningful social contact; 11. Meeting and mixing in Peterborough, Wisbech and London
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Sites of encounter in Peterborough
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-4473-1462-X
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-4473-1461-1
Language:
English
DOI:
10.56687/9781447314639
URL:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9781447314639/type/BOOK
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