01556nas a2200133   4500008004100000022001400041245013700055210006900192300001200261490000600273520100100279100001801280856012401298       2014                        eng d  a2300-168200aMerlin Schaeffer (2014), Ethnic Diversity and Social Cohesion. Immigration, Ethnic Fractionalization and Potentials for Civic Action0 aMerlin Schaeffer 2014 Ethnic Diversity and Social Cohesion Immig  a137-1400 v33 aRecent scholarly debates in Europe have become preoccupied with the effects of increased ethnic diversity on social relations, trust and social participation. It has been widely investigated, if and how ethnic diversity impacts the quality of urban and neighbourhood contacts between people of different origins. Particularly, the question whether the increase in ethnic diversification leads to ‘hunkering down’ of social capital (Putnam 2007) or ‘erodes’ trust (Stolle, Soroka, Johnston 2008) could be re-garded as a starting point of a dynamic academic discussion in many European countries on so called ‘diversity effects’ at the neighbourhood or local community levels. Here, Merlin Schaeffer’s book Ethnic Diversity and Social Cohesion. Immigration, Ethnic Fractionalization and Potentials for Civic Action arrives as a comprehensive review of to-date debates and methods, it also brings diverse, often contradictory arguments together, and points to new research directions. 1 aPiekut, Aneta  uhttp://ceemr.uw.edu.pl/sites/default/files/CEEMR_Vol_3_No_1_Merlin_Schaeffer_Ethnic_Diversity_and_Social_Cohesion_0.pdf