Commonplace Diversity: Social Relations in a Super-Diverse Context

Informationen zum Autor Susanne Wessendorf is a Marie Curie Research Fellow at the Institute for Research into Superdiversity (IRiS), University of Birmingham, UK. Klappentext Drawing on in-depth ethnographic fieldwork, Wessendorf explores life in a super-diverse urban neighbourhood. The book presents a vivid account of the daily doings and social relations among the residents and how they pragmatically negotiate difference in their everyday lives. Zusammenfassung Drawing on in-depth ethnographic fieldwork! Wessendorf explores life in a super-diverse urban neighbourhood. The book presents a vivid account of the daily doings and social relations among the residents and how they pragmatically negotiate difference in their everyday lives. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: Studying Commonplace Diversity 2. From Multiculturalism to Diversity: Mapping the Field 3. The Emergence of Commonplace Diversity 4. Everyday Encounters in Public Space 5. Regular Encounters in the Parochial Realm 6. The Ethos of Mixing 7. Social Milieus and Friendships 8. Commonplace Diversity, Social Divisions and Inequality: Riots in Hackney 9. Conclusion

List of contents

1. Introduction: Studying Commonplace Diversity 2. From Multiculturalism to Diversity: Mapping the Field 3. The Emergence of Commonplace Diversity 4. Everyday Encounters in Public Space 5. Regular Encounters in the Parochial Realm 6. The Ethos of Mixing 7. Social Milieus and Friendships 8. Commonplace Diversity, Social Divisions and Inequality: Riots in Hackney 9. Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: S. Wessendorf, Susanne Wessendorf
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.10.2014
• EAN: 9781137033307
• ISBN: 978-1-137-03330-7
• No. of pages: 222
• Series: Global Diversities; Global Diversities
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Migration, B, Sociology, Cultural Studies, Human Rights, Society & culture: general, biotechnology, Migration, immigration & emigration, Urban & municipal planning, Ethnicity, Media and Communication, Urban Sociology, Human rights, civil rights, Urban Geography and Urbanism, Emigration and immigration, Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Ethnicity Studies, Sociology, Urban, Urban Studies/Sociology, Urban communities, Culture—Study and teaching, Cultural and Media Studies, general, Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns), Urban geography