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ISBN 13:  978-1847426949
Author:  Ines Newman, Peter Ratcliffe 

This book makes a forthright case for a shift in policy focus from ‘community cohesion’ to the broader notion of social cohesion, and is distinctive and innovative in its focus on evaluation. It constitutes an extremely valuable source both for practitioners involved in social cohesion interventions and for researchers and students studying theory-based evaluation and the policy areas highlighted (housing, intergenerational issues, the recession, education, communications, community development).

Promoting social cohesion Implications for policy and evaluation 1st Table of contents:

Part One: Theoretical perspectives

ONE: From community to social cohesion: interrogating a policy paradigm

Background

The genesis of a policy paradigm

Preparing the ideological basis for the shift to ‘community cohesion’

The emergence of ‘community cohesion’ as a policy strategy

Promoting ‘community cohesion’

Cohesion, integration and the equalities agenda

Concluding thoughts: the challenges ahead

‘Community cohesion’: a research footnote

Notes

References

TWO: Evaluating social cohesion

Introduction

Debates in evaluation

Process-outcomes evaluation

Responsive/interactive evaluation

Realistic evaluation

ToCs and social cohesion

Complexity and outcomes

Determining causality in dynamic contexts

Specifying data

Acknowledging diversity (and difference) in plural communities

The implications for evaluators and evaluation

Conclusion

References

Part Two: Community cohesion to social cohesion: evaluation and data – methodological issues

THREE: Measuring performance in community cohesion

Introduction

Performance management, identity and place

The ‘managerial state’ and rise of performance management

Social identity and place

Community cohesion and performance management

Performance management indicators

The Home Office community cohesion indicators, 2003

The Audit Commission’s quality of life indicators

The national indicator set

Moving forward

Reflections on the theory of change

Conclusion

Note

References

FOUR: Migration, race and population dynamics

Introduction

Claims

The nature of changing ethnic composition

Friendship, social networks and trust

Existing resources to measure population diversity

Monitoring population diversity and dynamics

What is the population of the neighbourhood(s) and is it changing?

Population change: the Census of Population

Population change: the School Census

Analytical challenges in population statistics

Statistics that do not match neighbourhoods

Interpreting ethnic differences

Conclusions

Notes

References

FIVE: Using local administrative data to evaluate social and community cohesion

Introduction

The problems with existing measures of cohesion

What is being measured

The sources of data

Out-of-date data

Flaws in the original surveys

Imputed or synthesised data

Use of rigid and aggregate classifications

Gaps

How the data are analysed

Flawed analytical techniques

Using qualitative data as a substitute for robust quantitative data

One-dimensional and static categories that homogenise people

The consequences

Can the situation be improved?

The Neighbourhood Knowledge Management approach

Local administrative data at household level

A wide variety of indicators of economic and social wellbeing

Contemporary data

A data-linking arrangement that can be added to and updated

New analytical techniques

Mapping risk

Administrative data and cohesion

Accurately estimating population flows

Identifying ‘hidden’ communities

Multiple identities and affiliations

Understanding population dynamics

Looking at the interaction of material and social factors

Equalities Impact Assessment

Issues and barriers

Confidentiality and information governance: freedom of information

National datasets

Specific issues with NHS data

Integrating administrative and other data

Reliance on quantitative data

Conclusion

Notes

References

SIX: Assessing the impact of social cohesion initiatives in a media age: methodological and theoretical considerations

Introduction

Critical thinking about ‘community’

Connecting the local and the geopolitical

The structural contexts of community relations: markets, states and households

Communications and communities

Communication systems

From theory to method

Measuring and evaluating information from communications media

Press structure

Monitoring

Findings

Eliciting community-based responses

Localities, community relations and migration

Exploring media impacts

Perceptions

Modelling

Conclusion

Notes

References

SEVEN: Social cohesion in the local delivery context: understanding equality and the importance of local knowledge

Introduction

Community cohesion

What is the role of local government in relation to social cohesion?

Social cohesion and the equalities agenda in local government

The Equality Act 2010

The Equality Framework for Local Government

London Borough of Tower Hamlets

Rotherham

The business and moral case for equalities and cohesion

Conclusion

Notes

References

Part Three: Policy areas

EIGHT: Housing, spatial patterns and social cohesion

Introduction

Social cohesion: the relative significance of the local, regional, national and global

The significance of housing quality and the built environment

The contemporary relevance of the spatial to social cohesion

Access to housing (and the widening of housing options)

Increasing access to social housing

Addressing the problem of ‘racial steering’ (in all housing sectors)

Deploying regeneration policy so as to ensure greater social mix

Balanced and sustainable communities

Conclusion

Notes

References

NINE: Education policy, social cohesion and citizenship

Introduction

Civic values, education and cohesion: historical context

Citizenship and citizenship education

Educational legal and policy frameworks

Citizenship education and testing of adult migrants

Looking to the future: evaluating citizenship and political education

Conclusions

Note

References

TEN: Addressing worklessness post the financial crisis

Introduction

Differential access to jobs before the 2008/09 recession

Impact of the 2008/09 recession

Government response to the challenge

Problems with this approach

An alternative approach to policy and frameworks for evaluation

Conclusion

Notes

References

ELEVEN: New communities and social cohesion: third sector approaches to evaluation

Introduction

Why this focus on the civil society and the third sector?

Particular challenges for evaluation in the third sector

Developing Praxis’ evaluation strategy

Indicators and toolkits

Developing a holistic strategy for Praxis

Conclusions

References

TWELVE: Evaluating the contribution of intergenerational practice to achieving social cohesion

Introduction

Background

The development of IP

Forms of IP and the benefits they offer

Evaluation evidence

Conclusion and discussion

References

Part Four: Conclusion

THIRTEEN: Conclusion: towards a theory of change for social cohesion

Towards a theory of change for social cohesion

New government, new challenges

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