Jones, Hannah (2014) ‘The best borough in the country for cohesion!’ : managing place and multiculture in local government. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 37 (4). pp. 605-620. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2013.808758

Preview

PDF WRAP_hannah jones.pdf - Accepted Version - Requires a PDF viewer. Download (475Kb) | Preview

Request Changes to record.

Abstract

In the interface between national and local levels of UK government, narratives of place are made to fit particular tropes of ‘success’ or ‘failure’ at multiculturalism. Thinking through ‘community cohesion’ policy in England between 2001 and 2010, this article shows how (reputations of) relative success at ‘living together with difference’ become a medium through which local government practitioners negotiate the space between national and local priorities, needs and ambitions, by examining how practitioners in English local authorities negotiate narratives of ‘failed multiculturalism’ associated with the places they work and, in doing so, how they re-inscribe or subvert local reputations and their ‘elsewheres’.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HM Sociology H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races J Political Science > JS Local government Municipal government
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Communities, Local government, Multiculturalism, Working class
Journal or Publication Title:	Ethnic and Racial Studies
Publisher:	Taylor and Francis
ISSN:	0141-9870
Official Date:	23 July 2014
Dates:	Date Event 23 July 2014 Published
Volume:	37
Number:	4
Number of Pages:	16
Page Range:	pp. 605-620
DOI:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2013.808758
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Funder:	Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) (ESRC)

Request changes or add full text files to a record

Repository staff actions (login required)

View Item

Downloads