Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents iii
3. List of tables and figures iv
4. Acknowledgements v
5. Notes on contributors vi
6. Introduction 1
7. Community cohesion and the politics of communitarianism 15
8. Community cohesion in Bradford: neoliberal integrationism 35
9. Connectivity of place and housing market change: the case of Birmingham 57
10. Shifting geographies of minority ethnic settlement: remaking communities in Oldham and Rochdale 81
11. Employment and disconnection: cultures of worklessness in neighbourhoods 99
12. Beyond ‘social glue’? ‘Faith’ and community cohesion 119
13. The third sector and community cohesion in deprived neighbourhoods 139
14. Welfare state institutions and secessionary neighbourhood spaces 159
15. New immigration and neighbourhood change 177
16. Too much cohesion? Young people’s territoriality in Glasgow and Edinburgh 199
17. Geodemographics and the construction of differentiated neighbourhoods 219
18. Secession or cohesion? Exploring the impact of gated communities 239
19. Conclusions 259
20. Index 267