Closing the gap between the seminar room and the wider public debate on integration

This report brings together a collection of essays on integration in the UK. Among the themes explored are: residential segregation; approaches to measuring social integration; the importance of promoting inter-group contact; the role of institutions; social mixing in schools; social mobility; and the integration of people from Polish backgrounds. It includes 'on the ground' studies of integration in local areas (Keighley, Tower Hamlets and Newham) . This report takes in a wide variety of themes and provides insight into a number of issues faced in the field of integration.
  • Contact Hypothesis
  • Contact Theory
  • Migrant Workers
  • Social Integration

Closing the gap between the seminar room and the wider public debate on integration

March 2014

Author: Edited by David Goodhart, Publisher: Demos

This report brings together a collection of essays on integration in the UK. Among the themes explored are: residential segregation; approaches to measuring social integration; the importance of promoting inter-group contact; the role of institutions; social mixing in schools; social mobility; and the integration of people from Polish backgrounds. It includes 'on the ground' studies of integration in local areas (Keighley, Tower Hamlets and Newham) . This report takes in a wide variety of themes and provides insight into a number of issues faced in the field of integration.