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Negotiating cohesion, inequality and change : uncomfortable positions in local government

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Jones, Hannah (2013) Negotiating cohesion, inequality and change : uncomfortable positions in local government. Bristol: Policy Press. ISBN 9781447310037

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Abstract

How are multiculturalism, inequality and belonging understood in the day-to-day thinking and practices of local government? Examining original empirical data, this book explores how local government officers and politicians negotiate 'difficult subjects' linked with community cohesion policy: diversity, inequality, discrimination, extremism, migration, religion, class, power and change. The book argues that such work necessitates 'uncomfortable positions' when managing ethical, professional and political commitments. Based on first-hand experience of working in urban local government and extensive ethnographic, interview and documentary research, the book applies governmentality perspectives in a new way to consider how people working within government are subject to regimes of governmentality themselves, and demonstrates how power operates through emotions. Its exploration of how 'sociological imaginations' are applied beyond academia will be valuable to those arguing for the future of public services and building connections between the university and wider society, including scholars and students in sociology, social policy, social geography, urban studies and politics, and policy practitioners in local and central government.

Item Type: Book
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races
J Political Science > JS Local government Municipal government
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology
Publisher: Policy Press
Place of Publication: Bristol
ISBN: 9781447310037
Book Title: Negotiating Cohesion, Inequality and Change: U
Official Date: 2013
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Number of Pages: 237
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Funder: Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) (ESRC)
Grant number: ES/F032692/1
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