This book provides an important new contribution to debates around housing policy and its impact on community cohesion. There has never been a more prescient time to discuss these concepts: the book provides an interpretation of housing, race and community cohesion in a highly politicized and fluid policy context. It is designed to initiate discussion and debate but this should not be esoteric and limited to a group of academics. Rather the objective is to bridge academic and policy audiences in the hope that this fusion provides a basis for a new agenda to discuss these topics. Race and community have been key features of social housing policy over the last 20 years with many high-profile interventions, from the proactive approach by the Housing Corporation to support black and minority ethnic housing associations, to the influential Cantle Report documenting segregation in towns and cities following riots, and the National Housing Federation led Race & Housing Inquiry leading to sector wide recommendations to achieve equality. However, volume of policy interventions and reports has not been matched by academic outputs that co-ordinate, integrate and critically analyse 'race', housing and community. Housing, Race & Community Cohesion is the first systematic overview of 'race', housing and community during this tumultuous period. The material presented is robust and research based but also directly engages with issues around policy and delivery. It is designed to reflect the interests both of the academic research community and policy makers on both sides of the Atlantic. It is not rooted to specific policy interventions that could quickly date but instead focuses on developing new ways to analyse difficult issues that will help both students and practitioners now and in the future.
Glossary ix Acknowledgements xiv 1 Race, Housing and Community 1 Introduction 1 An early note about race 2 About this book 23 2 Housing Policy and Practice 27 Introduction 27 Policy context 28 Housing and community cohesion: a critique 31 Looking ahead: a new agenda? 36 Declining interest in race and housing: from Macpherson to cohesion 39 The turning of the wheel: 'muscular liberalism' and integration 45 Conclusion: a housing journey through multiculturalism, cohesion and integration 49 3 Developing Cohesive Neighbourhoods in UK Cities: White Perspectives 51 Introduction 51 Race, culture and change 52 Connecting communities: a focus on white working class communities? 54 Whiteness: culture and pathology 56 Community cohesion, institutions and white communities 63 Housing, fairness and equity: case studies of three neighbourhoods in England 65 Conclusion 78 4 The Emergence of the Black Led Housing Sector 79 Introduction 79 The rise of race and housing 80 Organisational or system failure? 83 Declining interest in race and housing: the problem with regulation and representation 91 A recovery of the black and minority ethnic housing sector? 96 Conclusion 98 5 Housing, Communities and 'Recycled Racism' 103 Introduction 103 The emergence of super-diversity in the UK 104 Recycled racism 112 Conclusion 127 6 New Frameworks for Race, Housing and Community 129 Introduction 129 Towards a new approach to race and housing 135 Looking ahead: a new agenda? 139 Policy implications 142 Conclusion 149 Appendix A - Public Service Futures: the future of identify and belonging (OPM) 151 Appendix B - LGA guidance on community cohesion 193 Appendix C - Three Definitions of Community Cohesion 265 References 269 Index 277
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