In recent years, there has been an intense public and policy debate about ethnic diversity, community cohesion, and immigration in Britain and other societies worldwide. In addition, there has been a growing preoccupation with the possible dangers to social cohesion represented by growing immigration flows and ethnic diversity. This paper proposes a critical framework for assessing the links between immigration, social cohesion, and social capital. It argues that the concept of social capital is episodic, socially constructed and value-based, depending on the prevailing ideological climate. Considerations of social capital as a public policy tool to achieve social cohesion need to incorporate an appreciation of alternative conceptions of social capital rooted in a textured under-standing of immigrant processes and migration contexts.

Pauline Hope Cheong

Rosalind Edwards

Harry Goulbourne

John Solomos

Critical Social Policy

Critical Social Policy provides a forum for advocacy, analysis and debate on social policy issues. We publish critical perspectives which:    ·acknowledge and reflect upon differences in political, economic, social and cultural power and upon the diversity of cultures and movements shaping social policy;     ·re-think conventional approaches to securing rights, meeting needs and challenging inequalities and injustices; ·include perspectives, analyses and concerns of people and groups whose voices are unheard or underrepresented in policy-making;    ·reflect lived experiences of users of existing benefits and services;

Critical Social Policy provides a forum for advocacy, analysis, and debate on social policy issues. We publish critical perspectives that: ·acknowledge and reflect upon differences in political, economic, social, and cultural power, as well as the diversity of cultures and movements shaping social policy; ·rethink conventional approaches to securing rights, meeting needs, and challenging inequalities and injustices; ·include the perspectives, analyses, and concerns of people and groups whose voices are unheard or underrepresented in policy-making; ·reflect the lived experiences of users of existing benefits and services.

《Critical Social Policy》是一个关于社会政策问题的倡导、分析和辩论论坛。我们发表批判性的观点，旨在： ·承认并反思政治、经济、社会和文化权力的差异，以及塑造社会政策的多样文化和运动； ·重新思考传统的保障权利、满足需求和挑战不平等与不公正的方法； ·纳入那些在政策制定中声音被忽视或代表性不足的个人和群体的观点、分析和关切； ·反映现有福利和服务用户的生活经历。

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社会学, 社会问题	3
社会学, 社会科学跨领域	3

Immigration, social cohesion and social capital: A critical review

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