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European Cities, Municipal Organizations and Diversity

The New Politics of Difference

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  • © 2016

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Authors:
  1. Maria Schiller

    1. Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Göttingen, Germany

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Part of the book series: Global Diversities (GLODIV)

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This book challenges the prevailing view that local authorities are irrelevant in immigration policy-making. Presenting an in-depth ethnographic study of the recent implementation of local ‘diversity policies’ in the Netherlands, Belgium and United Kingdom, it identifies a new politics of difference, characterized by a ‘paradigmatic pragmatism’. Building on extensive fieldwork in Amsterdam, Antwerp and Leeds, the author shows that, rather than simply replacing an earlier politics of difference, local diversity policies combine ideals of multiculturalism, assimilation and diversity. She links these findings to the ongoing modernization and diversification of municipal authorities, and the impact of this transformation on the profile of the bureaucrats and their implementation of diversity policies. This thought-provoking work will appeal to students, researchers and practitioners engaged in the fields of immigration, diversity and multiculturalism. 



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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction

    • Maria Schiller
    Pages 1-26

  3. Diversity: A New Approach to Difference

    • Maria Schiller
    Pages 27-76

  4. The Changing Nature of Public Authorities and Bureaucrats

    • Maria Schiller
    Pages 77-109

  5. What Shapes Local Level Policies?

    • Maria Schiller
    Pages 111-155

  6. Diversity Policy in Practice

    • Maria Schiller
    Pages 157-202

  7. Paradigmatic pragmatism: The Character of Local Responses to Difference

    • Maria Schiller
    Pages 203-231

  8. Conclusion

    • Maria Schiller
    Pages 233-244

  9. Erratum: European Cities, Municipal Organizations and Diversity

    • Maria Schiller
    Pages E1-E1

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 245-254
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Göttingen, Germany

    Maria Schiller

About the author

Maria Schiller is a Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Germany.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: European Cities, Municipal Organizations and Diversity

  • Book Subtitle: The New Politics of Difference

  • Authors: Maria Schiller

  • Series Title: Global Diversities

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-52185-9

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-52183-5Published: 23 July 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-52185-9Published: 05 July 2016

  • Series ISSN: 2662-2580

  • Series E-ISSN: 2662-2599

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 254

  • Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Social Structure, Social Inequality, Urban Studies/Sociology, Migration, Area Studies, Comparative Politics

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