The Unfinished Politics of Race Book contents
- The Unfinished Politics of Race
- The Unfinished Politics of Race
- Copyright page
- Contents
- List of Images
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I Beginnings: Routes to the Present
- Part II Moments in Time and Place: Rethinking Everyday Politics
- 4 The Politics of Dwelling: From Migration to Race and Back Again
- 5 Anti-racism, Participation, and the Transitional Public Sphere
- 6 Cultures of the Convivial
- 7 Post-secular Multiculturalism and the New Political Landscapes of Twenty-First-Century Britain
- 8 The Racial Politics of Migrant Integration and Cohesion
- Part III History in the Present: Rethinking Social Science, Migration, and Race
- References
- Index
8 - The Racial Politics of Migrant Integration and Cohesion
from Part II - Moments in Time and Place: Rethinking Everyday Politics
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 November 2022
- The Unfinished Politics of Race
- The Unfinished Politics of Race
- Copyright page
- Contents
- List of Images
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I Beginnings: Routes to the Present
- Part II Moments in Time and Place: Rethinking Everyday Politics
- 4 The Politics of Dwelling: From Migration to Race and Back Again
- 5 Anti-racism, Participation, and the Transitional Public Sphere
- 6 Cultures of the Convivial
- 7 Post-secular Multiculturalism and the New Political Landscapes of Twenty-First-Century Britain
- 8 The Racial Politics of Migrant Integration and Cohesion
- Part III History in the Present: Rethinking Social Science, Migration, and Race
- References
- Index
Summary
In this chapter, we consider the ways in which these normative framings structure both policy interventions but also ways of thinking about the multicultural nature of contemporary Britain. The work of the Blair Government’s Commission on Integration and Cohesion is considered where one of the authors served as a commissioner between 2006 and 2008. The notions of integration and cohesion are considered for the ways in which they, at times, fail to provide a particularly helpful frame for understanding the dynamics of social change, the diachronic rather than synchronic evolution of racialised politics in the United Kingdom, the highly localised restructuring of economy and society that structure the crucibles out of which new diversities emerge.
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- The Unfinished Politics of RaceHistories of Political Participation, Migration, and Multiculturalism, pp. 188 - 208Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022