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To establish a critical analytical framework for evaluating the relationships connecting immigration flows, ethnic diversity, and social cohesion.

January 18, 2007Critical Social Policy

Immigration, social cohesion and social capital: A critical review

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PCPauline Hope CheongArizona State University RERosalind EdwardsLondon South Bank University HGHarry GoulbourneUniversity of Gloucestershire

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Critical review demonstrates the socially constructed nature of social capital in diverse populations, highlighting the need for contextualized community cohesion policies.

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To establish a critical analytical framework for evaluating the relationships connecting immigration flows, ethnic diversity, and social cohesion.
Critically reviewed theoretical literature and international policy debates regarding ethnic diversity and community cohesion.
Analyzed ideological constructs influencing how social capital is conceptualized and implemented in migration policy.
Social capital is shown to be episodic, value-based, and socially constructed according to prevailing political and ideological climates.
Effective public policy frameworks require nuanced understandings of distinct immigrant processes and local migration contexts rather than assuming diversity inherently harms social cohesion.

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Cheong et al. (2007) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0dc7be1e1a6dfdb4bad15b https://doi.org/10.1177/0261018307072206

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Critical review demonstrates the socially constructed nature of social capital in diverse populations, highlighting the need for contextualized community cohesion policies.

Immigration, social cohesion and social capital: A critical review

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Immigration, social cohesion and social capital: A critical review

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