Divercities: Understanding Super-Diversity in Deprived and Mixed Neighbourhoods

by Galia Shokry (Contribution by), Christoph Hedtke (Contribution by), Christian Haid (Contribution by), Annegret Haase (Contribution by), Maria Budnik (Contribution by)

Overview

How do people deal with diversity in deprived and mixed urban neighbourhoods? This edited collection provides a comparative international perspective on superdiversity in cities, with explicit attention given to social inequality and social exclusion on a neighbourhood level.

Although public discourses on urban diversity are often negative, this book focuses on how residents actively and creatively come and live together through micro-level interactions. By deliberately taking an international perspective on the daily lives of residents, the book uncovers the ways in which national and local contexts shape living in diversity.

The book will be a valuable resource for researchers and students of poverty, segregation and social mix, conviviality, the effects of international migration, urban and neighbourhood policies and governance, multiculturality, social networks, social cohesion, social mobility, and super-diversity.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781447338178
Publisher:	Bristol University Press
Publication date:	01/19/2019
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x (d)

About the Author

Stijn Oosterlynck is Associate Professor in Urban Sociology at the University of Antwerp. His research is concerned with local social innovation and welfare state restructuring, the political sociology of urban development, urban renewal and community building and new forms of solidarity in diversity.

Gert Verschraegen is Associate Professor in Sociology at the University of Antwerp. His research is concerned with numerical governance, Europeanization, science and society, (social) innovation, cultural diversity in cities and the sociology of human rights and asylum.

The late Ronald van Kempen was Professor of Urban Geography at Utrecht University. His research focused on urban spatial segregation, urban diversity, housing, urban governance and its effects on neighbourhoods and residents, social exclusion, and minority ethnic groups.

Table of Contents

List of tables and figures vii

Notes on contributors viii

Acknowledgements xiv

1 Introduction: Understanding super-diversity in deprived and mixed neighbourhoods Stijn Oosterlynck Gert Verschraegen Ronald van Kempen 1

2 Who are the strangers? Neighbour relations in socially and ethnically heterogeneous residential buildings in Geneva Maxime Felder 25

3 Experiencing diversity in London: Social relations in a rapidly changing neighbourhood Jamie Kesten Tatiana Moreira de Souza 47

4 'Others' in diversified neighbourhoods: What does social cohesion mean in diversified neighbourhoods? A case study in Istanbul Ayda Eraydin 69

5 Nurturing solidarity in diversity: Can local currencies enable transformative practices Anika Depraetere Bart van Bouchaute Stijn Oosterlynck Joke Vandenabeele 89

6 Interculturalism as conservative multiculturalism? New generations from an immigrant background in Milan, Italy, and the challenge to categories and boundaries Eduardo Barberis 113

7 Bringing inequality closer: A comparative outlook at socially diverse neighbourhoods in Chicago and Santiago de Chile Javier Ruiz-Tagle 139

8 Ambiguities of vertical multi-ethnic coexistence in the city of Athens: Living together but unequally between conflicts and encounters Dimitris Balampanidis Panagiotis Bourlessas 165

9 Beyond the middle classes: Neighbourhood choice and satisfaction in the hyper-diverse contexts Anouk K. Tersteeg Ympkje Albeda 187

10 Living with diversity or living with difference? International perspectives on everyday perceptions of the social composition of diverse neighbourhoods Katrin Großmann Georgia Alexandri Maria Budnik Annegret Haase Christian Haid Christoph Hedtke Katharina Kullmann Galia Shokry 211

11 Conclusion: Super-diversity, conviviality, inequality Stijn Oosterlynck Gert Verschraegen 235

Index 245

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"This book is significant and valuable because it goes beyond conventional debates about migration and urban insecurity. It focuses on the ways in which people live with diversity, moving beyond simply celebrating or bemoaning ‘multiculturalism’. And it does so with the help of cases drawn from beyond the usual suspects, in and beyond Europe." Allan Cochrane, The Open University

“This book provides a timely and international comparative analysis of diversity and crucially shows that diversity does not deserve its negative connotation. Everyone concerned about diversity in contemporary cities should read this book.” Maarten van Ham, Delft University of Technology