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Record Nr.

UNINA9910253353903321

Autore

Schiller Maria

Titolo

European Cities, Municipal Organizations and Diversity : The New Politics of Difference / / by Maria Schiller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016

ISBN

1-137-52185-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XV, 254 p. 6 illus., 1 illus. in color.)

Collana

Global Diversities, , 2662-2580

Disciplina

305

Soggetti

Social structure

Equality

Sociology, Urban

Emigration and immigration

Area studies

Comparative politics

Social Structure, Social Inequality

Urban Studies/Sociology

Migration

Area Studies

Comparative Politics

Netherlands Emigration and immigration

Belgium Emigration and immigration

Great Britain Emigration and immigration

Belgium

Europe

Great Britain

Netherlands

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Diversity – a new approach to difference -- Chapter 3. The changing nature of public authorities and bureaucrats -- Chapter 4. What shapes local level policies? -- Chapter



5. Diversity policy in practice -- Chapter 6. Responses to diversification: the character of local policies -- Chapter 7. Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book challenges the prevailing view that local authorities are irrelevant in immigration policy-making. Presenting an in-depth ethnographic study of the recent implementation of local ‘diversity policies’ in the Netherlands, Belgium and United Kingdom, it identifies a new politics of difference, characterized by a ‘paradigmatic pragmatism’. Building on extensive fieldwork in Amsterdam, Antwerp and Leeds, the author shows that, rather than simply replacing an earlier politics of difference, local diversity policies combine ideals of multiculturalism, assimilation and diversity. She links these findings to the ongoing modernization and diversification of municipal authorities, and the impact of this transformation on the profile of the bureaucrats and their implementation of diversity policies. This thought-provoking work will appeal to students, researchers and practitioners engaged in the fields of immigration, diversity and multiculturalism. .