White Working-Class Voices: Multiculturalism, Community-Building and Change

Harris Beider

Open Access Published by Policy Press 2015

White Working-Class Voices

Multiculturalism, Community-Building and Change

Harris Beider

https://doi.org/10.56687/9781447313977

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EPUB and EPDF available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Popular views of white working-class communities are common but knowledge of their views on multiculturalism and change less so. This important book provides the first substantial analysis of white working-class perspectives on themes of multiculturalism and change in the UK, creating an opportunity for these 'silent voices' to be heard. Based on over 200 interviews in multiple sites the results are startling - challenging politicians, policy makers and researchers. Improving our understanding of how this group went from 'hero to zero', became framed as racist, resistant to change and disconnected from politics, the book suggests a new and progressive agenda for white working class communities to become a fully inclusive part of a modern and diverse country in the 21st century. The book will be valuable to academics and students as well as policy-makers and practitioners in national government and organisations.

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Front Matter Open Access Download PDF	i
Contents Open Access Download PDF	iii
Acknowledgements Open Access Download PDF	iv
Dedication Open Access Download PDF	vi
Towards a definition of the white working class Open Access Download PDF	1
Multiculturalism and the exclusion of the white working class Open Access Download PDF	25
White, working-class and racist? Open Access Download PDF	61
International perspectives on whiteness, class and politics Open Access Download PDF	97
A reactionary voice: nuanced views on multiculturalism Open Access Download PDF	117
Integrated and equal: similar challenges and opportunities Open Access Download PDF	143
Reshaping white working-class identities: inclusive and progressive Open Access Download PDF	167
References Open Access Download PDF	181
Index Open Access Download PDF	195

Language: English
Publisher: Policy Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 208

eBook

Published: October 28, 2015
ISBN: 9781447313977