Social Cohesion and Immigration in Europe and North America: Mechanisms, Conditions, and Causality (Routledge Advances in Sociology) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1138024090 ISBN 13: 9781138024090

Publisher: Routledge, 2015

Synopsis

Concerns about immigration and the rising visibility of minorities have triggered a lively scholarly debate on the consequences of ethnic diversity for trust, cooperation, and other aspects of social cohesion. In this accessibly written volume, leading scholars explore where, when, and why ethnic diversity affects social cohesion by way of analyses covering the major European immigration countries, as well as the United States and Canada. They explore the merits of competing theoretical accounts and give rare insights into the underlying mechanisms through which diversity affects social cohesion. The volume offers a nuanced picture of the topic by explicitly exploring the conditions under which ethnic diversity affects the ‘glue’ that holds societies together. With its interdisciplinary perspective and contributions by sociologists, political scientists, social psychologists, as well as economists, the book offers the most comprehensive analysis of the link between ethnic diversity and social cohesion that is currently available.

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About the Author

Ruud Koopmans in Professor of Sociology at Humboldt University and Director of the Research Unit Migration, Integration, Transnationalization at the Berlin Social Science Center, Germany.

Bram Lancee is Assistant Professor at the Department of Sociology at Utrecht University, the Netherlands.

Merlin Schaeffer is a Research Fellow in the Research Unit Migration, Integration, Transnationalization at the Berlin Social Science Center, Germany.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138024090
• ISBN 13: 9781138024090
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 254
• Editor: Koopmans Ruud, Lancee Bram, Schaeffer Merlin