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Immigration, social cohesion and social capital : a critical review
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Cheong, P. H., Edwards, R., Goulbourne, H. and Solomos, John (2007) Immigration, social cohesion and social capital : a critical review. Critical Social Policy, 27 (1). pp. 24-49. doi:10.1177/0261018307072206 ISSN 0261-0183.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0261018307072206
Abstract
In recent years, there has been an intense public and policy debate about ethnic diversity, community cohesion, and immigration in Britain and other societies worldwide. In addition, there has been a growing preoccupation with the possible dangers to social cohesion represented by growing immigration flows and ethnic diversity. This paper proposes a critical framework for assessing the links between immigration, social cohesion, and social capital. It argues that the concept of social capital is episodic, socially constructed and value-based, depending on the prevailing ideological climate. Considerations of social capital as a public policy tool to achieve social cohesion need to incorporate an appreciation of alternative conceptions of social capital rooted in a textured under-standing of immigrant processes and migration contexts.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Critical Social Policy | ||||
Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd. | ||||
ISSN: | 0261-0183 | ||||
Official Date: | February 2007 | ||||
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Volume: | 27 | ||||
Number: | 1 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 24-49 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1177/0261018307072206 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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