Minorities in European Cities: The Dynamics of Social Integration and Social Exclusion at the Neighbourhood Level

by S. Body-Gendrot, M. Martiniello

Overview

Minorities in European Cities examines the issues pertaining to the dynamics of social integration and social exclusion of immigrant minorities at the neighbour-hood level. The book looks at the question of the participation and exclusion of migrants in the field of economics . The study focuses on social relations at the neighbourhood level and their impact on the exclusion/inclusion process as well as forms of political exclusion of migrant origin population in the local politics and policy-making processes. Finally, Minorities in European Cities examines the ways in which conceptions of law and order and security, as well as the local institutional praxis they engender, effect exclusion/inclusion opportunities.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780312231323
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	09/30/2000
Series:	Migration, Minorities and Citizenship
Edition description:	2000
Pages:	262
Product dimensions:	5.70(w) x 8.60(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Sophie Body Gendrot Emeritus Professor at the Sorbonne and a researcher at Cesdip/CNRS. She is the author of numerous books on cities and violence, including The Social Control of Cities? (2000) and Violence in Europe (2007). As Former President of the European Society of Criminology, she is an Expert for the European Community.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Dynamics of Social Integration and Social Exclusion at the Neighborhood Level--Sophie Body-Gendrot & Marco Martinello Part I: Participation/Exclusion of Migrants in the Field of Economics Economic Activities of Migrants in Transnational Social Spaces--Thomas Faist
• A Game of Ethnic Musical Chairs? Immigrant Businesses and Niches in the Amsterdam Economy--Jan Rath
• Migrants' Careers and Commercial Expertise in Marseilles--Michel Peraldi
• Segregation and Economic Integration of Immigrants in Brussels--Christian Kestloot and Henk Meert
• Part II: Social Life at the Neighborhood Level Urban Violence and Community Mobilizations--Sophie Body-Genrot
• Islam in European Cities--Jocelyne Cesari
• The Mosaic Pattern: Cohabitation Between Ethnic Groups in Belleville, Paris--Patrick Simon
• Part III: Political Inclusion/Exclusion at the Neighborhood Level
• Residential Concentration and Political Participation of Immigrants in European Cities--Marco Martiniello
• Political Dynamics in the City
• Rethinking the Politics of Race: Participation, Representation and Identity in Birmingham--John Solomos & Les Back
• Symbolic Politics of Multiculturalism: How German Cities Campaign Against Racism--Siegried Baringhorst
• Part IV: Law and Order, Security and Justice
• Migration and the Politics of Security--Jef Huysmans
• Migration, Crime and the City: Contexts of Social Exclusion--Simon Holdaway
• The Judicial System and the Social Construction of Migrants' Criminality--Fabio Quassoli
• Meditation: From Dispute Resolution to Social Integration--Jean-Pierre Bonafe-Schmitt

Editorial Reviews

Published in association with the Centre for Research in Ethnic Relations at the U. of Warwick, this compilation of 16 papers by European contributors (with the exception of a university-in-exile professor at the New York School for Social Research) examines the local-level lot of immigrants in Europe's cities in a global, post- industrial context. Social scientists discuss patterns in case studies of economic, social, and political participation/exclusion; and issues of law and order, security and justice. The final paper presents mediation as an approach to social integration. Body-Gendrot teaches political science at the Sorbonne in Paris. Martiniello (sociology and political science) directs the Centre d'<'E>tudes de l'Ethnicit<'e> et des Migrations at the U. of Liege, Belgium. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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