Vincent, C., Neal, S. and Iqbal, H. (2017) Encounters with diversity: Childrens friendships and parental responses. Urban Studies, 54 (8). pp. 1974-1989. ISSN 0042-0980
Abstract
This paper reports on a project exploring the friendships of children and adults in ‘super-diverse’ (Vertovec, 2007) localities in London, England, examining whether and how friendships are made and maintained across ethnic and social class differences. The aim is to identify what friendships reveal about the nature and extent of ethnic and social divisions in contemporary multicultural society. Drawing on interviews with children and their parents, this paper analyses affective parental responses to their children’s friendships, identifying instances where parents seek to manage these friendships. We identify the importance of the ‘ease of similarity’ for many parents concerning their children’s friendships, and the relative lack of concrete practices amongst parents to support their children’s friendships across difference. However, we also note parental support for living in super-diverse localities and children attending schools therein.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 Urban Studies Journal Limited. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Sociological Studies (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number Economic and Social Research Council ES/K002384/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 22 Feb 2017 15:59 |
Last Modified: | 26 Jun 2017 11:05 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098016634610 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Sage Publications |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/0042098016634610 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:111355 |