Promoting Social Cohesion: Implications for Policy and Evaluation

ISBN-13: 9781847426949 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 304 str.

Peter Ratcliffe

Opis

This book calls for a shift in policy focus from 'community cohesion' to social cohesion, and makes a valuable source both for practitioners, researchers and students.

Spis treści

Part one: Theoretical perspectives: Introduction ~ Peter Ratcliffe and Ines Newman; From community cohesion to social cohesion ~ Peter Ratcliffe; From community cohesion to social cohesion, evaluation approaches ~ Helen Sulivan; Part two: Community cohesion to social cohesion: evaluation and data - methodological issues: Measuring performance in community cohesion ~ Crispian Fuller; Measuring Equality at the Local Level ~ Angela Mason; Evidence from migration, race and population data and its implications for policy ~ Ludi Simpson; Using local administrative data to evaluate social/community cohesion ~ John Eversley and Les Mayhew; Assessing the impact of social cohesion initiatives ~ Neil Amas, Kate Smart and Roger Grimshaw; Part three: Policy areas: Housing, segregation and the cohesive social environment ~ Peter Ratcliffe; New communities and social cohesion ~ Marjorie Mayo; Multigenerational approaches to social exclusion~ Clare Batty and Alan Hatton-Yeo; Addressing worklessness in the recession ~ Ines Newman; Education, social cohesion and cultural citizenship ~ Audrey Osler; Part four: Conclusion ~ Ines Newman and Peter Ratcliffe.