• Institute for Social Change

• Our Research
  • Harvard — Manchester Project (SCHMi)
  • Research projects
  • Research publications
  • Research seminars
  • Visiting Researcher Enquiries
  • Social and Economic Foundations of Ethnic Minority Political Representation

Summer Workshop on Immigration and Social Change in Britain and the U.S

 

Yaojun Li, University of Manchester: Social Capital and Immigration in Britain

Background Readings

• Social Capital and Social Trust in Britain
• New Forms of Political Participation
• Social Capital and Social Exclusion

 

Robert Sampson, Harvard University: Diversity and Immigration: Implications for the Social
Life of Changing Cities

Background Readings

• Surprising Social Factors Linked to Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Youth Violence
• Do Immigrants Make us Safer?
• Cultural Mechanisms and Killing Fields: A Revised Theory of Community-Level Racial Inequality