Negotiating Cohesion, Inequality and Change: Uncomfortable Positions in Local Government by Hannah Jones

by Hannah Jone

This unique study explores how local bureaucrats and politicians negotiate diversity, discrimination, migration, and class, in the midst of many other issues that affect community cohesion. Based on original empirical research, Hannah Jones contends that local government workers must often occupy “uncomfortable positions” when managing ethical, professional, and political commitments. Ultimately, she reveals the surprising extent to which governmental power affects the lives and emotions of the people who wield it.

Hardcover

First published December 15, 2013