This book debates these questions and explores the concept of identity and how its different meanings and interpretations impact upon community policy. The chapters bring together leading academics, policymakers, think-tank representatives, and community workers to debate the connections between ethnic diversity, identity, and community cohesion.This book debates these questions and explores the concept of identity and how its different meanings and interpretations impact upon community policy. The chapters bring together leading academics, policymakers, think-tank representatives, and community workers to debate the connections between ethnic diversity, identity, and community cohesion.Community Cohesion and Identity Dynamics: Dilemmas and Challenges - Margaret Wetherell POLICY STANDPOINTS: AGENCIES AND UTTERANCES The Case for Progressive Solidarity - Henry Tam Building an Integrated Society - Nick Johnson Identity Formation and Change in British Muslim Communities - Dilwar Hussain Policy, Identity and Community Cohesion: How Race Equality Fits - Omar Khan IDENTITIES IN COMMUNITY CONTEXTS: FOUR CASE STUDIES Welcome to 'Monkey Island': Identity and Community in Three Norwich Estates - Ben Rogaly and Becky Taylor Ethnicity, Identity and Community Cohesion in Prison - Coretta Phillips Home, Identity and Community Cohesion - Simon Clarke, Rosie Gilmour and Steve Garner Prejudice, Intergroup Contact and Identity: Do Neighbourhoods Matter? - Miles Hewstone, Nicole Tausch, Joanne Hughes and Ed Cairns REFLECTIONS AND THE WAY AHEAD: TOWARDS NEW DIALOGUES Cohesive Identities: The Distance between Meaning and Understanding - Claire Alexander Acknowledged Identities: a Common Endeavour or Wider Hostilities? - Kate Gavron Reasoned Identities: a Committed Relationship - Bhikhu Parekh Non-binarized Identities of Simill(