School de-segregation and the Politics of ‘Forced Integration’

Miah, Shamim (2012) School de-segregation and the Politics of ‘Forced Integration’. Race and Class, 54 (2). pp. 26-39. ISSN 0306-3968

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Abstract

Using the programme for creating the controversial school academies,
local governments in the UK have attempted to force an integration of schools
with majority white and ethnic minority pupil cohorts via new mergers. This has
largely been as a response to analysts’ fears about self-segregation and insufficient
community cohesion, following riots in northern towns in 2001 and the spectre of
radicalisation among young Muslims following 9/11 and 7/7. An examination of
school mergers in Burnley, Blackburn, Leeds and Oldham reveals how they have
amplified racial attacks on Muslim pupils and their feelings of insecurity, while
also fuelling a backlash against what is perceived by some members of the white
working class as a form of social engineering that endangers white privilege.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HM Sociology H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare L Education > L Education (General)
Schools:	School of Education and Professional Development School of Education and Professional Development > Centre of Lifelong Learning and Social Justice > Social Cohesion Research Group
Related URLs:	Author
Depositing User:	Shamim Miah
Date Deposited:	12 Mar 2013 15:15
Last Modified:	02 Dec 2016 14:53
URI:	http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/16841

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