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- Chan, Tak Wing, et al.
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Social diversity and social cohesion in Britain
- 2024
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Ingår i: British Journal of Sociology. - 0007-1315 .- 1468-4446.
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We use data from a large-scale and nationally representative survey to examine whether there is in Britain a trade-off between social diversity and social cohesion. Using six separate measures of social cohesion (generalised trust, volunteering, giving to charity, inter-ethnic friendship, and two neighbourhood cohesion scales) and four measures of social diversity (ethnic fractionalisation, religious fractionalisation, percentage Muslim, and percentage foreign-born), we show that, net of individual covariates, there is a negative association between social diversity and most measures of social cohesion. But these associations largely disappear when neighbourhood deprivation is taken into account. These results are robust to alternative definitions of neighbourhood. We also investigate the possibility that the diversity--cohesion trade-off is found in more segregated neighbourhoods. But we find very little evidence to support that claim. Overall, it is material deprivation, not diversity, that undermines social cohesion.
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- Elgenius, Gabriella, et al.
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Problematising concepts and methods for civil society research in superdiverse neighbourhoods
- 2023
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Ingår i: Voluntary Sector Review. - 2040-8056 .- 2040-8064. ; 14:3, s. 480-497
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article analyses challenges for civil society research in superdiverse areas and proposes ways to overcome them. Key components of previous studies are problematised, such as the lack of attention to demographic complexity, the focus on formally registered organisations at the expense of informal ‘below the radar’ initiatives, the over-reliance on analyses using administrative data and building on dichotomous categorisations of social capital. The article calls for scholars to develop methodologies and theory that enable research across the full range of civil society activity. We argue for a holistic approach to researching civil society through comparative and mixed-methods designs that facilitate research about the nature of civil society action, its forms, patterns and experiences. The concept of ‘superdiversity’ is useful to reflect evolving demographic complexity, given age, gender, nationality, religion and immigration status, and divergent experiences of rights and the labour market.
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- Kawalerowicz, Juta, 1987-
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Long-running traditions of racial exclusionism : is there evidence of historical continuity in local support for extreme right parties in England and Wales?
- 2019
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Ingår i: Party Politics. - London : Sage Publications. - 1354-0688 .- 1460-3683. ; 25:2, s. 227-232
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Some regions of the United Kingdom present more fertile grounds for consecutive incarnations of extreme right parties than others. In a study by Goodwin, Ford and Cutts the authors found evidence of the legacy effect, where an earlier cycle of activism by the National Front (NF), an extreme right political party active in the 1970s, emerged as a strong and significant predictor of membership in the British National Party (BNP) three decades later. While their study speaks to the supply-side arguments for extreme right success (organizational continuity and local cultural traditions in particular), here we examine whether a similar legacy effect can be observed with respect to demand for extreme right politics. As we are going to show there is some overlap between the share of votes cast for the NF and the BNP, yet there are a number of constituencies that do not adhere to this pattern. We conclude that while the supply-side legacy effect is not ruled out, the legacy effect hypothesis does not find support for demand-side explanation of extreme right support.
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- Leon-Ablan, Gabriel, et al.
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Gentrification and Social Unrest : The Blitz, Urban Change and the 2011 London Riots
- 2024
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Ingår i: Journal of Conflict Resolution. - 0022-0027 .- 1552-8766. ; 68:2-3, s. 484-508
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Many of the world’s major cities have recently seen large episodes of social unrest. What is the relationship between the changes these cities have experienced, particularly in the form of gentrification, and urban riots? We address this question by examining how local gentrification affected participation in the 2011 London riots. We use an instrumental variable strategy that exploits exogenous variation in the amount of local destruction caused by the Blitz; this is a strong predictor of local gentrification in London in 2001–2011. We find that gentrifying neighborhoods had a lower participation rate than other areas; this was a result of changes in the type of resident (a composition effect) and in the context in which the residents made their participation decisions (a contextual effect). Our findings are consistent with qualitative evidence from the United Kingdom and the United States, and highlight the effect that urban change can have on social order.
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