'Good relations' among neighbours and workmates? The everyday encounters of Accession 8 migrants and established communities in Urban England

Population, Space and Place

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 727-741

  Cook, Joanne ^a   Dwyer, Peter ^b   Waite, Louise ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A8 migration; Everyday encounters; Good relations; Integration; Mixing; Neighbourhood

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN UNION; MIGRATION; NEIGHBORHOOD; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 80053527174     PISSN: 15448444     EISSN: 15448452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psp.638     Document Type: Article

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