Race, Housing and Community (eBook)

Harris Beider was appointed Professor in Community Cohesion at the Institute of Community Cohesion based at Coventry University in September 2007. Previously he was Senior Fellow at the Centre for Urban and Regional Studies at the University of Birmingham. Prior to his academic career, Harris was Executive Director of the Federation of Black Housing Organizations and founding Director of People for Action. He was also an advisor to government on community renewal and social exclusion the latter as a member of the Prime Minister's Social Exclusion Unit. Harris Beider has written extensively on race, cohesion, community and housing and spoken about these and related subjects nationally and internationally.

Glossary ix

Acknowledgements xiv

1 Race, Housing and Community 1

Introduction 1

An early note about race 2

About this book 23

2 Housing Policy and Practice 27

Introduction 27

Policy context 28

Housing and community cohesion: a critique 31

Looking ahead: a new agenda? 36

Declining interest in race and housing:

from Macpherson to cohesion 39

The turning of the wheel: 'muscular liberalism' and integration
45

Conclusion: a housing journey through multiculturalism, cohesion
and integration 49

3 Developing Cohesive Neighbourhoods in UK Cities: White
Perspectives 51

Introduction 51

Race, culture and change 52

Connecting communities: a focus on white working class
communities? 54

Whiteness: culture and pathology 56

Community cohesion, institutions and white communities 63

Housing, fairness and equity: case studies of three
neighbourhoods in England 65

Conclusion 78

4 The Emergence of the Black Led Housing Sector 79

Introduction 79

The rise of race and housing 80

Organisational or system failure? 83

Declining interest in race and housing: the problem with
regulation and representation 91

A recovery of the black and minority ethnic housing sector?
96

Conclusion 98

5 Housing, Communities and 'Recycled Racism' 103

Introduction 103

The emergence of super-diversity in the UK 104

Recycled racism 112

Conclusion 127

6 New Frameworks for Race, Housing and Community 129

Introduction 129

Towards a new approach to race and housing 135

Looking ahead: a new agenda? 139

Policy implications 142

Conclusion 149

Appendix A - Public Service Futures: the future of
identify and belonging (OPM) 151

Appendix B - LGA guidance on community cohesion 193

Appendix C - Three Definitions of Community Cohesion
265

References 269

Index 277

"This provides a context for the book's central
premise, which is to lay the foundations for new ideas and
frameworks to develop academic and policy debates on race and
housing. . . This book is recommended reading for students studying
social policy, sociology, housing and politics. . . An important
contribution that Beider's book makes is in highlighting the
areas where further debate is needed." (Journal of
Social Policy, 1 January 2013)

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Harris Beider, to anyone in academia, students of race and housing,
public policy makers, business leaders, and community organizers
who are seeking a workable framework approach to the topics of
race, housing, and community cohesion. This book will open the
dialogue to creating a fusion of ideas to further the conversation
to create stronger community relations and cohesion."
(Blog Business World, 20 March 2012)