Peer Relationships at School: New Perspectives on Migration and Diversity (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781529235753)

Available Open Access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. It is increasingly recognized that ethnonational frameworks are inadequate when examining the complexity of social life in contexts of migration and diversity. This book draws on ethnographic research in two UK secondary schools, considering the shifting roles of migration status, language, ethnicity, religion and precarity in young people's peer relationships. The book challenges culturalist understandings of social cohesion, highlighting the divisive impacts of neoliberalism, from pervasive temporariness and domestic abuse to technologization and neighbourhood violence. Using Martin Buber's relational model, the book explores the interplay of 'I-It' boundary-making with reciprocal 'I-Thou' encounters, pointing to the creative power of these encounters to subvert, reimagine and even transform social difference. The author provides a pragmatic and ultimately hopeful view of the dynamics of diversity in everyday life, offering valuable insights for social policy and practice.

Author: Emma Soye
ISBN-10: 1529235758
ISBN-13: 9781529235753
Publisher: Bristol University Press
Language: English
Published: 03/26/2024
Pages: 156
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.62lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.44d