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Diversity and contact : immigration and social interaction in German cities /
This book analyzes how the socio-demographic and cultural diversity of societies affect the social interactions and attitudes of individuals and groups within them. Focusing on Germany, where in some cities more than one third of the population are first or second-generation immigrants, it examines...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Palgrave Macmillan,
[2016]
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| Colección: | Global diversities.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface; Contents; About the Authors; List of Figures and Photographs; List of Tables; 1: Introduction: Research Context and Hypotheses; 1.1 Interaction Versus Withdrawal; 1.2 The Relevance of Neighbourhood Context; 1.3 Recent Empirical Studies; 1.4 This Book; 2: The Diversity and Contact Project (DivCon); 2.1 Study Design, Methods and Data ; 2.1.1 The Quantitative Survey; 2.1.2 Area Explorations; 2.1.3 Fieldwork in Selected Areas; 2.2 The Respondents and the Neighbourhood; 2.2.1 Time Spent in the Neighbourhood; 2.2.2 Reasons for Moving to the Neighbourhood.
- 3: Diversity in Germany and Its Urban Neighbourhoods; 3.1 Germany's Immigrant Population; 3.2 Diversity in German Cities; 3.3 Urban Normality: The 50 Neighbourhoods of this Study (Co-authored by Christian Jacobs); 3.3.1 The Material Environment: Neighbourhood Character and Public Space; 3.3.2 Statistical Diversity; 3.3.3 Noticeable Diversity; 3.3.4 Perceived Diversity: How the Survey Respondents See Their Own Neighbourhood; 4: Interactions Across Boundaries in More and Less Diverse Contexts; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Intergroup Contact in the Neighbourhood.
- 4.2.1 The Frequency of Intergroup Contact; 4.2.2 Differences Between Neighbourhoods; 4.2.3 Evaluations of Neighbourhood Contact; 4.3 Within and Beyond the Neighbourhood: Weak and Strong Ties; 4.3.1 Network Size and Share of Intergroup Ties; 4.3.2 The Relevance of the Neighbourhood Context; 4.4 The Heterogeneity of Networks; 4.5 Conclusions; 5: Five Stories of Neighbourhood, Social Life, and Diversity; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 'A Good Mixture': Frequent Intergroup Interactions in a Popular Inner-City Neighbourhood (Frankfurt Berger-Ost); 5.2.1 Socio-Demographic Features.
- 5.2.2 Physical Structures and Contact Opportunities; 5.2.3 The Neighbourhood as Perceived by its Residents; 5.2.4 Enacting Local Diversity; 5.2.5 Preliminary Conclusion; 5.3 Neglected Diversity on the Edge of the Multicultural Metropolis (Frankfurt-Henninger Turm); 5.3.1 Socio-Demographic Features; 5.3.2 Physical Structures and Contact Opportunities; 5.3.3 The Neighbourhood as Perceived by Its Residents; 5.3.4 Enacting Local Diversity; 5.3.5 Preliminary Conclusion; 5.4 Urban Normality: Unspectacular Coexistence in an Inner-City Area (Hamburg Lindenpark).
- 5.4.1 Socio-Demographic Features; 5.4.2 Physical Structures and Contact Opportunities; 5.4.3 The Neighbourhood as Perceived by Its Residents; 5.4.4 Enacting Local Diversity; 5.4.5 Preliminary Conclusions; 5.5 Separate Worlds: A Suburban Area with Little Interaction (Hamburg-Sinstorf); 5.5.1 Socio-Demographic Features; 5.5.2 Physical Structures and Contact Opportunities; 5.5.3 The Neighbourhood as Perceived by Its Residents; 5.5.4 Enacting Local Diversity; 5.5.5 Preliminary Conclusion; 5.6 Distanced Co-existence in a Declining Inner-City Neighbourhood (Krefeld-Schinkenplatz).