Intercultural harmony and understanding in the city of Whittlesea Mansouri, Fethi and Lobo, Michele 2011, Intercultural harmony and understanding in the city of Whittlesea, in Proceedings of the State of Australian Cities National Conference, [Australian Sustainable Cities and Regions Network (ASCRN)], [Melbourne, Vic.]. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Intercultural harmony and understanding in the city of Whittlesea Author(s) Mansouri, Fethi orcid.org/0000-0002-4120-9391 Lobo, Michele orcid.org/0000-0001-7733-666X Conference name State of Australian Cities. Conference (2011 : Melbourne, Vic.) Conference location Melbourne, Vic Conference dates 29 Nov - 2 Dec. 2011 Title of proceedings Proceedings of the State of Australian Cities National Conference Editor(s) [Unknown] Publication date 2011 Conference series State of Australian Cities National Conference Publisher [Australian Sustainable Cities and Regions Network (ASCRN)] Place of publication [Melbourne, Vic.] Summary The City of Whittlesea is one of the most ethnically diverse urban areas in Melbourne that attracts settlers, often humanitarian migrants from countries in the Horn of Africa and the Middle East. With settlers arriving from a broader range of countries than ever before, increasing ethnic as well as ethno-religious diversity presents opportunities for local government to address intercultural harmony and understanding but also significant challenges. This paper reports the findings of fieldwork conducted in 2009 among residents focusing on attitudes towards ethnic diversity and evaluations of the capacity of local government to promote intercultural harmony and understanding. The results suggest that if local government is to be inclusive and gain the confidence and trust of residents necessary to foster empowering partnerships, political spaces that facilitate interactions between long-term residents, new residents, elected leaders and council officers must be facilitated. Such initiatives will contribute to strengthening programs and policies being developed by local government that aim to address discrimination experienced by ethnic minorities and encourage greater acceptance of cultural diversity among the broader community in ways that move beyond measurable outcomes. ISBN 9780646568058 Language eng Field of Research 160803 Race and Ethnic Relations Socio Economic Objective 940111 Ethnicity, Multiculturalism and Migrant Development and Welfare HERDC Research category E2 Full written paper - non-refereed / Abstract reviewed HERDC collection year 2011 Copyright notice ©2011, The Authors Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30042676 Document type: Conference Paper Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education School of International and Political Studies Centre for Citizenship and Globalisation   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 24 Feb 2012, 14:06:28 EST Fri, 24 Feb 2012, 14:33:29 EST Mon, 27 Feb 2012, 07:54:05 EST Mon, 27 Feb 2012, 07:56:43 EST Mon, 27 Feb 2012, 07:59:58 EST Mon, 27 Feb 2012, 08:01:32 EST Tue, 28 Feb 2012, 08:00:05 EST Tue, 28 Feb 2012, 08:00:38 EST Mon, 07 May 2012, 14:42:59 EST Mon, 07 May 2012, 15:16:44 EST Mon, 07 May 2012, 15:19:47 EST Tue, 08 May 2012, 09:22:32 EST Tue, 18 Dec 2012, 10:55:32 EST Tue, 30 Apr 2013, 14:20:39 EST Wed, 01 May 2013, 11:24:50 EST Tue, 28 Jan 2014, 13:06:30 EST Thu, 31 Jul 2014, 16:58:28 EST Fri, 01 Aug 2014, 08:16:22 EST Wed, 17 Sep 2014, 19:54:46 EST Fri, 10 Oct 2014, 08:55:49 EST Thu, 11 Dec 2014, 14:06:52 EST Thu, 11 Dec 2014, 14:07:33 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 475 Abstract Views, 32 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 24 Feb 2012, 14:06:16 EST by Kylie Koulkoudinas