'Sleepwalking to segregation'?

Challenging myths about race and migration

Nissa Finney, Ludi Simpson, Finney, Nissa, Simpson, Ludi

• Publisher: Policy Press
• Year: 2009
• eBook ISBN: 9781447305989
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Ethnic Studies
• Index: Social Sciences

In the context of renewed debates about diversity and cohesion, this book interrogates contemporary claims about race and migration. It demonstrates that many of the claims are myths, presenting evidence in support of and in opposition to them in an accessible yet academically rigorous manner.

The book combines an easy-to-read overview of the subject with innovative new research. It tackles head-on questions about levels of immigration, the contribution of immigrants, minority self-segregation, ghettoisation and the future diversity of the population. The authors argue that the myths of race and migration are the real threat to an integrated society and recommend that focus should return to problems of inequality and prejudice.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of tables, figures and boxes
• Acknowledgements
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Making sense of race statistics
• 3 Challenging the myth that ‘Britain takes too many immigrants’
• 4 Challenging the myth that ‘So many minorities cannot be integrated’
• 5 Challenging the myth that ‘Minorities do not want to integrate’
• 6 Challenging the myth that ‘Britain is becoming a country of ghettos’
• 7 Challenging the myth of ‘Minority White Cities’
• 8 Conclusion
• Myths and counterarguments: a quick reference summary
• References