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Disciplining the Multicultural Community: Ethnic Diversity and the Governance of Anti-Social Behaviour

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 December 2009

David Prior
David Prior*
Affiliation:
School of Social Policy, University of Birmingham E-mail: d.prior@bham.ac.uk
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Abstract

This article examines the relationship between the characterisation of and response to anti-social behaviour issues in areas of high ethnic diversity and emerging ‘post-multicultural’ policies of integration, cohesion and citizenship. It draws on a small study of the views and perceptions of members of local community safety and anti-social behaviour teams in three areas of England with very ethnically diverse populations. The analysis distinguishes between responses to ASB issues within ‘settled’ minority communities, among young people from those communities and within the ‘new’ immigrant communities. While these responses vary, the article argues that each can be seen as supporting national policy goals of community cohesion and responsible citizenship based on the assertion of ‘shared values’.

Type
Themed section on Disciplining Difference
Information
Social Policy and Society , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , January 2010 , pp. 133 - 143
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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