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White Working-Class Voices: Multiculturalism, Community-Building and Change
Harris Beider
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Description for White Working-Class Voices: Multiculturalism, Community-Building and Change
Paperback. This important book provides the first substantial analysis of white working class perspectives on multiculturalism and change in the UK, improving our understanding of this under-researched group and suggesting a new and progressive agenda for white working class communities. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFSC; JFSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 320.
This important book provides the first substantial analysis of white working class perspectives on themes of multiculturalism and change in the UK, creating an opportunity for these 'silent voices' to be heard. Based on over 200 interviews in multiple sites the results are startling - challenging politicians, policy makers and researchers. Improving our understanding of how this group went from 'hero to zero', became framed as racist, resistant to change and disconnected from politics, the book suggests a new and progressive agenda for white working class communities to become a fully inclusive part of a modern and diverse country in ... Read more
This important book provides the first substantial analysis of white working class perspectives on themes of multiculturalism and change in the UK, creating an opportunity for these 'silent voices' to be heard. Based on over 200 interviews in multiple sites the results are startling - challenging politicians, policy makers and researchers. Improving our understanding of how this group went from 'hero to zero', became framed as racist, resistant to change and disconnected from politics, the book suggests a new and progressive agenda for white working class communities to become a fully inclusive part of a modern and diverse country in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Policy Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447313960
SKU
V9781447313960
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Harris Beider
Dr Harris Beider is Chair in Community Cohesion at the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations Coventry University. Previously he was Visiting Professor at Columbia University in New York City and Senior Fellow at the University of Birmingham. He spent 10 years as a community development worker and leading two national organizations focused on race, housing and ... Read more
Reviews for White Working-Class Voices: Multiculturalism, Community-Building and Change
A very timely addition in the contemporary debate relating to the intersectionality of social class. - Journal of Social Policy Unafraid of complicating the story rather than cutting corners, Beider digs around in the untidy spaces between the personal and the collective, and between antipathy and solidarity in this engaging and revealing exploration of white working-class responses to, ... Read more