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BEHIND THE HEADLINES OF THE NoW WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THE COALITION’S REFORM PROGRAMME ? 15/07/2011
Professor John Diamond (University’s Centre for Local Policy Studies) looks at two important developments in the Coalition’s plans which are (arguably) more important than who owns a national newspaper: ” The headlines for the past 10 days have been dominated by the phone hacking scandal and the fall out from that. But, really whilst there […]
‘Community resilience: managing tensions, promoting fairness and developing community trust in the Big Society’ 05/07/2011
‘Community resilience: managing tensions, promoting fairness and developing community trust in the Big Society’. Jayne Francis, MEL, and Harriss Beider, University of Coventry Abstract The large-scale regeneration programmes established by the previous government are being either substantially scaled back or entirely withdrawn; programmes and interventions d […]
‘THE POWER OF PULL’: MAXIMISING SERENDIPITY THROUGH QUALITY SOCIAL NETWORKS (FOR INNOVATION) 05/07/2011
‘THE POWER OF PULL’: MAXIMISING SERENDIPITY THROUGH QUALITY SOCIAL NETWORKS (FOR INNOVATION) John Diamond, CLPS -Edge Hill University, and Lorraine Johnston, Newcastle University Abstract Using Schumpeter’s notion of ‘the power of pull’, the article will argue that maximising serendipity is key for creating quality social networks. Such chance interactions b […]
Where next for ethnic diversity policy-making in the context of the ‘Big Society’? Reflections from a cross-national comparative study of Manchester and Copenhagen 05/07/2011
Where next for ethnic diversity policy-making in the context of the ‘Big Society’? Reflections from a cross-national comparative study of Manchester and Copenhagen Jessica Smith, Policy Researcher, Centre for Local Economic Strategies Abstract In the months since the election of the Conservative-Liberal coalition government, little has been said about what t […]
Big Society – Small Beer? Rural Places and the drive towards and enhanced localism 05/07/2011
Big Society – Small Beer? Rural Places and the drive towards and enhanced localism Ivan Annibal, Rose Regeneration Abstract The central premise of the Big Society is that communities will be keen to step up and take on the challenge of delivering public services in their own communities themselves. There is a powerful line of […]

In Macpherson’s footsteps: a journey through British racism

After Stephen Lawrence’s murder, a former High Court judge travelled round the country to produce the most significant report on racism in Britain for a generation. Ten years on, how much has changed?

Hugh Muir · guardian.co.uk

‘The police are still institutionally racist. The local authority doesn’t carry out the racial impact [...]

The Sikhs in Britain: 150 Years of Photographs

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Muslims proud to be British? There’s something to learn from the surprise

Crowds in London with Union flags welcome the Queen on her jubilee tour in 2007. Illustration: Tim Graham/Getty Images. – Mark Greer guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 23 November 2011 Bemusement at the findings of Muslim pride in Britain stems from stereotyping about religious groups.

The finding in Demos’s report A Place for Pride that 83% of Muslims said they [...]

Government to apologise to Alder family over police custody death

The government will formally apologise through the European court of human rights (ECHR) to the family of Christopher Alder, a black ex-soldier who choked to death in handcuffs on the floor of a Hull police station 13 years ago.

The “unilateral declaration” made by the United Kingdom to the court is a highly unusual admission of widespread failures [...]

It’s not that Black or White….

Mixed Race

http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/not-that-black-or-white/

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Darcus Howe on the riots

Darcus Howe, a West Indian Writer and Broadcaster with a voice about the riots. Speaking about the mistreatment of youths by police leading to an up-roar and the ignorance of both police and the governement.

Chimamanda Adichie: The danger of a single story

Churchill’s Asian spy princess comes out of the shadows

By Divya Talwar Producer, BBC Asian Network

Britain’s Asian spy Noor Inayat Khan was shot by the Nazis in 1944 after being betrayed

“Liberte!” – That was the last word spoken by the heroine of Churchill’s elite spy network before being executed by her Nazi captors.

On 13 September 1944, the glamorous British agent, [...]

Walter Tull – footballer and army officer

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/walter-tull-footballer-and-army-officer/3649.html Duration: 03:56 The inspirational story and autobiographical details about Walter Tull – a black professional footballer in the early 1900s who went on to fight in the First World War. Walter was only the second black player in football league history who played for Tottenham Hotspur 1909, and later, Northampton Town. During his [...]

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