European cities, municipal organizations and diversity : the new politics of difference /: the new politics of difference. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Maria Schiller.
• Authors: Schiller, Maria, 1983-
• Contents: Dedication; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1: Introduction; From Multiculturalism to Diversity; Doing Diversity in Bureaucracy; Ideas, Policy, and Practice: A Dynamic Interplay; Bridging the Divide Between Theory and Practice; Examining Local State Practices; Amsterdam, Antwerp and Leeds and the Shift Away from Multiculturalism; Structure of the Book; Bibliography; 2: Diversity: A New Approach to Difference; A Genealogy of Diversity; Critiques of Multiculturalism; Assessing Diversity Against Multiculturalism; Conceptions of Self and Other An Individual and Intersectional Approach Selfing and Othering in Practice; Conceptions of Culture; Diversity as Taking the Hands Off Culture; Individual Versus Target Groups in Practice; Conceptions of Equality; How Do Diversity and Equality Combine?; Diversity and Equality in Practice; Conclusion; Bibliography; 3: The Changing Nature of Public Authorities and Bureaucrats; Trends of Modernization and Diversification; Modernization; Diversification; Entrepreneurial and Authentic; Recruiting the New Public Official; Four Types of Self-representation; The 'Authentic' Official The Competent Manager The Neutral Public Official; The 'Altruist' Official; Conclusion; Bibliography; 4: What Shapes Local Level Policies?; A Framework for Understanding Local Responses to Difference; The Relevance of the National and European Levels for Local Policies; Exchanges Between Cities; Local Context; Towards a More Complex Assessment of Local Immigrant Incorporation Policies; National and Regional Factors; The Netherlands; Dutch Policies; Dutch Legislation and Funds; Flanders; Flemish Policies; Flemish Legislation and Funds; The UK; British Policies British Legislation and Funds Comparing the Relationship Between the National and the Local Levels Across the Case Studies; Local Factors; Antwerp; Amsterdam; Leeds; Comparing the Importance of Local Context Across the Three Cities; City Networks and Exchanges Between Cities; Comparing the Importance of Exchanges Between Cities on Local Immigrant Policies; Conclusion; Bibliography; 5: Diversity Policy in Practice; The Local Introduction of the Diversity Concept; Diversity Policy in Leeds; Diversity Policy in Antwerp; Diversity Policy in Amsterdam Starting Premises of Proclaimed 'Diversity Policies' Structures and Agents for Implementing Diversity Policy; Merging Preceding Departments; The Location of Diversity Departments; Creating a Team; Relationships with Politicians; Practices of Implementation; Consultancy: Institutional Position and Position vis-à-­vis Politicians; Project Work: Categorical Foci as Intrinsic to the Governmental Way of Working; An Implementation Gap; Conclusion; Bibliography; 6: Paradigmatic pragmatism: The Character of Local Responses to Difference; Diversity: A New Politics of Difference
• Publisher Details: London : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 304.8094; Social sciences; Municipal government -- Europe; POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European; LAW / Emigration & Immigration; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration; Emigration and immigration; Municipal government; Social Science -- Sociology -- Urban; Social Science -- Emigration & Immigration; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; Political Science -- General; Sociology; Migration, immigration & emigration; Regional studies; Comparative politics; Sociology, Urban; Migration; Area studies; Comparative politics; Social issues & processes; Netherlands -- Emigration and immigration; Belgium -- Emigration and immigration; Great Britain -- Emigration and immigration; Belgium; Europe; Great Britain; Netherlands; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137521859; 1137521856; 9781137521835
• Related ISBNs: 9781137521835; 113752183X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource, title from PDF title page (EBSCO), viewed September 18, 2016.
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