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’YouCan’tPutMeInABox’
Super-diversityandtheendofidentitypoliticsinBritain
bySimonFanshaweandDhananjayanSriskandarajahJanuary2010©ippr2010
InstituteforPublicPolicyResearch
Challengingideas– Changingpolicy
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YouCan’tPutMeInABox’:Super-diversityandtheendofidentitypoliticsinBritain
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Aboutippr................................................................................................................................................................. 3Abouttheauthors...................................................................................................................................................... 3Authors’acknowledgements...................................................................................................................................... 31.Introduction........................................................................................................................................................... 52.Super-diverseBritain............................................................................................................................................ 113.Newidentities...................................................................................................................................................... 154.Newtypesofpolicitalorganisation..................................................................................................................... 185.Disadvantageanddiscrimination......................................................................................................................... 216.Whatiswrongwithcurrentapproaches?............................................................................................................ 247.Raceversusclass:anexampleofwhyweneedbetteranalysis.......................................................................... 278.Conclusion............................................................................................................................................................ 30Appendix:Listofinterviewees................................................................................................................................. 35References.................................................................................................................................................................36
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YouCan’tPutMeInABox’:Super-diversityandtheendofidentitypoliticsinBritain
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TheInstituteforPublicPolicyResearch(ippr)istheUK’sleadingprogressivethinktank,producingcutting-edgeresearchandinnovativepolicyideasforajust,democraticandsustainableworld.Since1988,wehavebeenattheforefrontofprogressivedebateandpolicymakingintheUK.Throughourindependentresearchandanalysiswedefinenewagendasforchangeandprovidepracticalsolutionstochallengesacrossthefullrangeofpublicpolicyissues.WithofficesinbothLondonandNewcastle,weensureouroutlookisasbroad-basedaspossible,whileourGlobalChangeprogrammeextendsourpartnershipsandinfluencebeyondtheUK,givingusatrulyworld-classreputationforhighqualityresearch.
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ThispaperwasfirstpublishedinJanuary2010.
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AboutipprAbouttheauthors
SimonFanshaweisabroadcaster,writerandaward-winningcomedian.Heisaleadingchampionofdiversityandhasbeenactiveingayrightsfor30years.SimonistheChairof theCounciloftheUniversityofSussexandsitsonseveralBoardsoforganisationsintheprivateandthirdsectors.DhananjayanSriskandarajahhas,sinceJanuary2009,beenDirectoroftheRoyalCommonwealthSociety.Between2004and2008hewasheadofthemigrationandequalitiesteam,and,latterly,DeputyDirectorattheInstituteforPublicPolicyResearch(ippr).Dannyhaswrittennumerousarticlesandreportsonmigration,economicdevelopment,inter-ethnicconflictanddiversity.
Authors’acknowledgements
Wearegratefulforthetimegiventousbytheintervieweesandparticipantsinthediscussiongroupsforthisproject.WearealsogratefultoRickMuir,ippr,NaomiPollardandLauraRivkin,formerlyatippr,andKevinMcLeanandcolleaguesatWardleMcLeanfortheirassistanceinconductingtheresearchthatunderpinsthisreport.GeorginaKyriacouatippreditedandformattedthereport.InitialfundingforthisprojectwasprovidedbytheEqualityandHumanRightsCommission.However,theviewsexpressedinthispaperarethoseoftheauthorsaloneanddonotnecessarilyreflecttheviewsorpolicypositionsofippr,theEqualitiesandHumanRightsCommissionortheRoyalCommonwealthSociety.
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