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In an increasingly ethnically diverse society, debates about migration, community, cultural difference and social interaction have never been more pressing.Drawing on the findings from a two-year, qualitative Economic and Social Research Council funded study of different locations across England, Lived Experiences of Multiculture uses interdisciplinary perspectives to examine the ways in which complex urban populations experience, negotiate, accommodate and resist cultural difference as they share a range of everyday social resources and public spaces. The authors present novel ways of re-thinking and developing concepts such as multiculture, community and conviviality, whilst also repositioning debates which focus on conflict models for understanding cultural differences.Amidst highly charged arguments over the social relations of belonging and the meanings of local and national identities, this timely volume will appeal to advanced undergraduate students and graduate students interested in fields such as Race and Ethnicity Studies, Sociology, Urban Studies, Human Geography and Migration Studies.

The UK is increasingly multicultural and diverse. In this context ideas about race, ethnicity, cultural difference and multiculture are central to both political debates and policy formation. Taking a theoretically informed approach and using an empirically focused analysis of key policy areas, Race, Multiculture and Social Policy treats the reader to a sophisticated and wide-ranging exploration of the relationship between policy interventions and race, ethnicity and multiculture in British society. Organised into three parts, this book:• Begins by exploring the changes in political, policy and academic debates around race and multiculture.• Investigates social policy sites such as housing, education, policing and health, examining how they differentiate within and across ethnic categorisations.• Concludes with a critical analysis of the future of policy trends in a multicultural society. This is a timely and essential source for academics, policy makers and students of race and ethnicity in Social Policy, Sociology, Geography and Politics.