Wetherell, M., M. Laflèche, et al., Eds. (2007). Identity, ethnic diversity and community cohesion. London and Thousand Oaks, Calif., Sage.
This edited book explores complex relationships between identity, ethnic diversity and community cohesion in the UK context. The first part of the book examines policy standpoints on progressive solidarity, integration, identity formation, and community cohesion. The second part includes four case studies of identities in community contexts of estate, prison, home, and neighbourhood. The third part reflects on the 'way ahead', towards cohesive, acknowledged, reasoned and non-binarized identities. The contributions in the book use a range of different methods including policy analysis, in-depth interviews, ethnographic research and discourse analysis, amongst others. This book would be worth reading alongside other books which focus on various aspects of the debate about community cohesion in the UK, including Finney and Simpson*, Flint et al* and Thomas*.