European Cities, Municipal Organizations and Diversity (eBook)

The New Politics of Difference

Maria Schiller (Autor)

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2016
254 Seiten
Palgrave Macmillan UK (Verlag)
978-1-137-52185-9 (ISBN)

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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. 

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Maria Schiller is a Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Germany.

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This book challengesthe prevailing view that local authorities are irrelevant in immigrationpolicy-making. Presenting an in-depth ethnographic study of the recentimplementation of local diversity policies in the Netherlands, Belgium andUnited 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 anearlier politics of difference, local diversity policies combine ideals ofmulticulturalism, assimilation and diversity. She links these findings to theongoing modernization and diversification of municipal authorities, and theimpact of this transformation on the profile of the bureaucrats and theirimplementation of diversity policies. This thought-provoking work will appealto students, researchers and practitioners engaged in the fields ofimmigration, diversity and multiculturalism. <

Maria Schiller is a Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Germany.

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.

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.7.2016
• Reihe/Serie: Global Diversities
• Reihe/Serie: Global Diversities
• Zusatzinfo: XV, 254 p. 6 illus., 1 illus. in color.
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Makrosoziologie
• Schlagworte: Area Studies • assimilation • Bureaucrats • Cities • Government • Immigration Policy • Integration • Local • Multiculturalism • State
• ISBN-10: 1-137-52185-6 / 1137521856
• ISBN-13: 978-1-137-52185-9 / 9781137521859