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

• Autore: Schiller Maria
• Pubblicazione: London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2016.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (XV, 254 p. 6 illus., 1 illus. in color.)
• Disciplina: 305
• Soggetto topico: Social structure; Equality; Sociology, Urban; Emigration and immigration; Area studies; Comparative politics; Social Structure, Social Inequality; Urban Studies/Sociology; Migration; Area Studies; Comparative Politics
• Soggetto geografico: Netherlands Emigration and immigration; Belgium Emigration and immigration; Great Britain Emigration and immigration; Belgium; Europe; Great Britain; Netherlands
• 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. .
• Titolo autorizzato: European Cities, Municipal Organizations and Diversity
• ISBN: 1-137-52185-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910253353903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Global Diversities, . 2662-2580