'Sleepwalking to segregation'?: Challenging myths about race and migration

'Sleepwalking to segregation'?: Challenging myths about race and migration
ISBN-10
1447305981
ISBN-13
9781447305989
Category
Social Science
Pages
224
Language
English
Published
2009-01-21
Publisher
Policy Press
Authors
Simpson, Finney, Nissa

Description

In the context of renewed debates about diversity and cohesion, this book interrogates contemporary claims about race and migration. It demonstrates that many of the claims are myths, presenting evidence in support of and in opposition to them in an accessible yet academically rigorous manner. The book combines an easy-to-read overview of the subject with innovative new research. It tackles head-on questions about levels of immigration, the contribution of immigrants, minority self-segregation, ghettoisation and the future diversity of the population. The authors argue that the myths of race and migration are the real threat to an integrated society and recommend that focus should return to problems of inequality and prejudice.

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