Contents

pp iii-iv

Notes on the contributors

pp v-x

Acknowledgements

pp xi-xii

Introduction: promoting social cohesion

pp 1-12

Part One - Theoretical perspectives

pp 13-13

one - From community to social cohesion: interrogating a policy paradigm

pp 14-39

two - Evaluating social cohesion

pp 40-57

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

pp 58-59

three - Measuring performance in community cohesion

pp 60-79

four - Migration, race and population dynamics

pp 80-99

five - Using local administrative data to evaluate social and community cohesion

pp 100-119

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

pp 120-139

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

pp 140-159

Part Three - Policy areas

pp 160-161

eight - Housing, spatial patterns and social cohesion

pp 162-183

nine - Education policy, social cohesion and citizenship

pp 184-205

ten - Addressing worklessness post the financial crisis

pp 206-225

eleven - New communities and social cohesion: third sector approaches to evaluation

pp 226-241

twelve - Evaluating the contribution of intergenerational practice to achieving social cohesion

pp 242-257

Part Four - Conclusion

pp 258-259

thirteen - Conclusion: towards a theory of change for social cohesion

pp 260-274