In search of Britain’s Muslim ghettoes

Ron Johnston; David Manley; Kelvyn Jones

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In search of Britain’s Muslim ghettoes

Ron Johnston^*, David Manley, Kelvyn Jones

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The local media have recently carried a number of stories suggesting that Muslim ghettoes are developing in British cities – a claim also made about European cities more generally. Analysis of data from the 2001 and 2011 Censuses of England and Wales suggests that these representations are journalistic hyperbole: most British Muslims live in small city blocks where they form only a minority of the local population.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1684-1690
Number of pages	7
Journal	Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space
Volume	48
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0308518X16651873
Publication status	Published - 1 Sept 2016
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

demonisation
England and Wales
ghettoes
Muslims

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