Ethnic Minority Communities & Social Cohesion Our Latest Thinking

Read and download our latest thinking on ethnic minority communities from recent articles and conferences.

Researching Minority Groups: Strengths And Weaknesses Of Different Methodological Approaches pdf, 379KB

Rebecca Eligon, March 2006

It is becoming increasingly important to ensure that both public sector social research and private sector consumer research includes all members of the community. Here we detail the strengths and weaknesses of different methodological approaches to researching minority groups.

Drivers Of Cohesion pdf, 130KB

Kully Kaur-Ballagan, June 2005

Building on our previous work looking at trust and cohesion here we using multi-variate analysis techniques to explore the 2003 national Home Office Citizenship Survey. We identify some of the key drivers which appear to underpin the Home Office measure of community cohesion.

The Second Death Of Liberal England?

Ben Page, 1 September 2004

Ben Page, Director of the MORI Social Research Institute and Mark Carroll, head of the Cohesion, Faith and Equalities Unit at the Home Office, recently presented on Community Cohesion and diversity in British Society, looking at the challenges faced by both central and local government at the Local Government Chronicle Annual Summit.

Community Cohesion

Kully Kaur-Ballagan, 29 April 2004

Community cohesion has become increasingly important on both the national, regional and local government agenda following the disturbances in the north of England in summer 2001. Draft guidance issued by the Local Government Association, along with the Home Office, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and the Commission for Racial Equality to all local authorities provides a toolkit for maintaining and enhancing community cohesion.

Understanding Life Satisfaction And Trust — Where You Live Matters

Bobby Duffy, March 2004

Life satisfaction and trust in others are two very current issues in social policy. They link into a number of debates, particularly how we measure the progress and impact of policy in a more rounded way and how we can reverse the decline in feelings of community cohesion and citizenship that many argue we have seen in recent years.

Who Do We Trust?

Bobby Duffy, 14 April 2003

Trust matters more than ever today, as deference declines and formal authority is more and more frequently challenged. Only one person in five in Britain agrees that "the people in charge know best" (20%, 1999). Those leading organisations in both public and private sector need to consider the relationships they have with citizens and customers in much wider terms.

Who's Asking? Answers May Depend On It

Sir Robert Worcester, May 2002

Last November we conducted a survey of British Asians on their attitudes to the military strikes in Afghanistan and to the War against Terrorism for Eastern Eye, a weekly newspaper aimed at Britain's Asian community. Over a third of the interviews were conducted by Asian interviewers. Therefore, in an interesting spin-off to the research we decided to look at whether or not the ethnicity of the interview made a difference on the answers given i.e. was there an interviewer effect?