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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION1

1.1 Introduction1

1.2 Background of the study1

1.3 Problem statement2

1.4 Research questions2

CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW3

2.1 Policies for Mixed Communities in England3

2.2 Mixed communities: a new approach to spatially concentrated poverty in England4

2.3 Mixed communities as a means of achieving sustainable communities5

2.4 Mixed Communities6

CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY7

3.1 Research design7

3.2 Research design7

References9

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

1.1 Introduction

Multicultural communities in England are a current and significant term that deals with cultural identity and diversity; it can be defined as a distinctive positive attitude toward cultural diversity. Thus, the fundamental root of its conception rests on the idea of difference. Multicultural communities in England, then, are understood as the study and support for peaceful coexistence of diverse cultures in a community. Thus, it is an issue of ethics. The emphasis or the first principle of Multicultural communities in England has to deal with the definition of culture (Fenton 2010, 12).

1.2 Background of the study

The initial understanding of Multicultural communities in England since 2000 has mostly referred to the efforts of protecting minority or aboriginal cultures. Many democratic nation-states considered enabling their minority and aboriginal ethnic groups for political self-representation and granting them autonomy. Many countries, too, pondered the idea of Multicultural communities in England as a consequence of having or inviting large numbers of immigrants inside their boundaries. Therefore, Multicultural communities in England obtained more interest, as the term also began to define a benevolent attitude of a state toward its immigrant populace, allowing them to keep and maintain their distinct ethnic and linguistic identities regardless of their status of residency and citizenship. The purpose here was to integrate new arrivals to the predominant culture and to provide a peaceful platform for coexistence of different cultural ethnic groups without perpetrating a form of oppression and marginalization (Cheshire 2007, 100).

1.3 Problem statement

There are people from a number of different places in England, which form a part of the different communities of the country. These people from various backgrounds and constitute a major part of the ethnic diversity in England, which is called mixed communities in England. From the year, there has been a growth in the immigrants in England from a number of different countries of the world and this has increased the number of mixed communities in England.

1.4 Research questions

The major aim of this research study will be to study the formation and expansion of mixed communities in England since the year ...