This book discusses the meaning and practice of British community cohesion policies, youth identities in racially-tense areas and the British government's attempts to 'prevent violent extremism' amongst young Muslims.

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"[Thomas] questions the singular policy emphasis of academics on difference rather than commonality...and that ethno-racial social processes need to be understood locally as well as nationally, and in terms of their actual practice rather than seen through an ideological lens. These insights are usefully extended in discussions of class, gender, and territory in ethno-racial relations among young people." - Contemporary Sociology

"An important and much-needed contribution to the debates about multiculturalism...I would highly recommend this book to anyone interested in developing a critical understanding of this contested territory" - Youth & Policy

"[It] makes a contribution to the literature on community cohesion by challenging myths and assumptions about key debates and terms, and by problematizing the boundaries of 'progressive' critiques and actions against ethnic inequalities and racism...this book also provides an important historical policy background to these debates" - Sociological Review

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University of Huddersfield, UK

Paul Thomas

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PAUL THOMAS Senior Lecturer in Youth and Community Work at the School of Education and Professional Development, University of Huddersfield, UK. Previously he was Youth Campaigns Officer at the Commission for Racial Equality in the north of England, and worked for a national voluntary sector youth work organisation.

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Book Title: Youth, Multiculturalism and Community Cohesion
Authors: Paul Thomas
Series Title: Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230302242
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-25195-3Published: 08 March 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-30224-2Published: 08 March 2011
Series ISSN: 2947-6100
Series E-ISSN: 2947-6119
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 219
Topics: Social Policy, Ethnicity Studies, Political Sociology, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights, Migration, Social Structure, Social Inequality

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