Title:	Ethnicity and Integration
Authors:	John Stillwell
Keywords:	Ethnicity
Issue Date:	2010
Publisher:	Springer
Description:	Views on the changing ethnic composition of the British population and its implica- tions are divided. Some people consider that the fragmentation of our society by race and ethnicity is a catastrophe resulting in spatial segregation and community break- down; for others, the cultural diversity associated with ethnic pluralism is something positive to be celebrated and enjoyed as we move towards a more integrated soci- ety. There is unanimity in thinking that integration has to be a two-way process, in which the settled communities accept that new people will bring change with them and newcomers realise that they too will have to change if we are to move closer to an integrated society. Trevor Phillips, chairman of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, favours policies that will stress sameness rather than distinctiveness and promote common British values. The research that is reported in the chapters of this book addresses many of the key issues associated with ethnicity and integration that challenge social scientists, including a better understanding of ethnic population change and residential con- centration, ethnic household dynamics such as fertility and mixed-ethnic unions, internal and international migration, the relationship between ethnicity and health, crime, identity and language, as well as ethnic population projection. Collectively, the findings of the different research projects constitute an evidence base upon which policy makers and practitioners can draw when formulating solutions to the range of problems at local, regional and national level that are associated with an increasingly multi-ethnic society. This volume is the third in a series on ‘Understanding Population Trends and Processes’, which is based on research contributions to our knowledge of different aspects of population structure and distribution, involves the quantitative analysis of secondary data from censuses, surveys or administrative records, and reports results for Britain and, in some cases, elsewhere in Europe.
URI:	http://10.6.20.12:80/handle/123456789/56152
ISBN:	978-90-481-9103-1
Appears in Collections:	Population Studies

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