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Do people make friends with those who are culturally and socially different to themselves? Friendship and Diversity explores the social relationships of adults and children living in highly diverse localities in London. The authors examine how social class and ethnic difference affects the friendships of children in primary schools and their parents. The book draws on original and in-depth conversations 8 and 9 year olds about their classroom relationships, with parents about their own and their children’s friendships, and with teachers about supporting children’s friendships at school. Through detailed discussions of friendships, everyday multiculture, and attitudes towards shared social space, cultural difference and social class, the authors reveal what these friendships tell us about the nature and extent of social mixing and social divisions in cities with diverse populations. Friendship and Diversity will be of interest to students and scholars across a range of disciplines, including sociology, geography and psychology, as well as education practitioners. .

Social sciences. --- Educational sociology. --- Education and sociology. --- Sociology, Educational. --- Childhood. --- Adolescence. --- Social groups. --- Ethnicity. --- Sociology, Urban. --- Human geography. --- Social policy. --- Social Sciences. --- Childhood, Adolescence and Society. --- Sociology of Education. --- Ethnicity Studies. --- Urban Studies/Sociology. --- Human Geography. --- Children, Youth and Family Policy. --- National planning --- State planning --- Economic policy --- Family policy --- Social history --- Anthropo-geography --- Anthropogeography --- Geographical distribution of humans --- Social geography --- Anthropology --- Geography --- Human ecology --- Urban sociology --- Cities and towns --- Ethnic identity --- Group identity --- Cultural fusion --- Multiculturalism --- Cultural pluralism --- Association --- Group dynamics --- Groups, Social --- Associations, institutions, etc. --- Social participation --- Teen-age --- Teenagers --- Puberty --- Childhood --- Kids (Children) --- Pedology (Child study) --- Youngsters --- Age groups --- Families --- Life cycle, Human --- Education and sociology --- Social problems in education --- Society and education --- Sociology, Educational --- Sociology --- Education --- Behavioral sciences --- Human sciences --- Sciences, Social --- Social science --- Social studies --- Civilization --- Development --- Aims and objectives --- Friendship. --- Affection --- Friendliness --- Conduct of life --- Interpersonal relations --- Love