Overview
- Draws on current debates and theoretical resources from sociology, geography and education
- Provides a nuanced account of the interrelationships between social class, ethnicity and place and in particular, values and attitudes towards diversity and locality
- Views the primary school as a social world that impacts on parents’ and childrens' social relationships
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Do people make friends with those who are culturally and socially different to themselves? Friendship and Diversity explores the social relationships of adults and children living in highly diverse localities in London. The authors examine how social class and ethnic difference affects the friendships of children in primary schools and their parents. The book draws on original and in-depth conversations 8 and 9 year olds about their classroom relationships, with parents about their own and their children’s friendships, and with teachers about supporting children’s friendships at school. Through detailed discussions of friendships, everyday multiculture, and attitudes towards shared social space, cultural difference and social class, the authors reveal what these friendships tell us about the nature and extent of social mixing and social divisions in cities with diverse populations.
Friendship and Diversity will be of interest to students and scholarsacross a range of disciplines, including sociology, geography and psychology, as well as education practitioners.
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Reviews
“Written with exceptional clarity, the authors offer a conceptually rich and multi-layered, methodologically rigorous and highly original analysis of how the complex space between mixophilia and mixophobia is traversed and navigated in multicultural urban environments.” (Sharon Gewirtz, Kings College London, UK)
“Scholars today seem more interested in hating than liking. This insightful book shows why this is misplaced. It demonstrates that in spaces of ethnic diversity, friendship practices reveal the ambivalent dynamics of sociality. The authors ... analyse the plural, fluid and networked dimensions of friendship, and the ways these negotiate cultural differences in an increasingly global world.” (Greg Noble, Western Sydney University, Australia)
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Carol Vincent is Professor of Sociology of Education, UCL Institute of Education, UK.
Sarah Neal is Professor of Sociology, University of Sheffield, UK.
Humera Iqbal is Lecturer in Psychology, UCL Institute of Education, UK.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Friendship and Diversity
Book Subtitle: Class, Ethnicity and Social Relationships in the City
Authors: Carol Vincent, Sarah Neal, Humera Iqbal
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73001-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-73000-4Published: 12 June 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-10299-9Published: 08 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-73001-1Published: 24 May 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 243
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations
Topics: Childhood, Adolescence and Society, Sociology of Education, Ethnicity Studies, Urban Studies/Sociology, Human Geography, Children, Youth and Family Policy