Abstract: Thesis (Ph.D.) - La Trobe University, 2011 Submission note: "A thesis submitted in total fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy [to the] Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, School of Social Sciences, La Trobe University, Bundoora".
Over the past 14 years, working independently and with other original thinkers, I have produced works that have on two fronts contributed to the evolving understanding of ethnic relations in contemporary Britain. The first is around social/community cohesion, media and representation as well as counter-terrorism policy as explored through the social sciences. The second domain covering the same themes is couched within the humanities, in particular, the production of literary fiction.
The social sciences are often thought to be inferior to the natural sciences because they do not have laws. Bohman writes that “the social sciences have never achieved much in the way of predictive general laws—the hallmark of naturalistic knowledge—and so have often been denied...