Ethnic, Religious and Economic Diversity in Dutch Neighbourhoods: Explaining Quality of Contact with Neighbours, Trust in the Neighbourhood and Inter-Ethnic Trust

Lancee, Bram; Dronkers, Jaap

doi:10.1080/1369183x.2011.545277

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“…visiting friends), participation in organizations, public engagement (e.g. voting), tolerance, voluntary work and so forth (Lancee & Dronkers, 2011;Tolsma, Van der Meer, & Gesthuizen, 2009). As Putnam has noted however, doing good for people is not part of the defi nition of social capital (2000: 117).…”

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Income inequality and solidarity in Europe

Paškov

Dewilde

2012

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility

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Income inequality and solidarity in Europe

Paškov

Dewilde

2012

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility

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“…Yet, there is already sufficient scholarship to suggest that certain types of diversity are likely to result in more negative reactions, as the cultural, linguistic, racial and economic backgrounds of different groups do not trigger the same 'threat' mechanisms (Citrin et al 1997;Dixon 2006). Indeed, various authors have shown or argued that a more subtle consideration of the multiple 'variants' of diversity is needed (Letki 2008;Lancee and Dronkers 2011). The underlying logic is that the causal mechanisms by which diversity has an effect on trust or social capital are likely to be different depending on the type of diversity we are considering.…”

Section: Trust Immigration and Diversitymentioning

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Will We All Hunker Down? The Impact of Immigration and Diversity on Local Communities in Spain

Morales

Echazarra

2013

Journal of Elections, Public Opinion & Parties

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In this article, we contribute to this scholarship with an analysis of the effect of immigrant-related diversity on generalized and localized or community trust. As we will illustrate, Spain is a very interesting case study for testing the main theoretical propositions that relate diversity to decreasing levels of trust, and especially for testing whether these effects are visible in the short-term, as has been suggested by Putnam. In just a decade, the immigrant population multiplied by five, and many local communities became ethnically diverse. The rapidity and magnitude of this social change leads us to expect visible effects.Our contribution is twofold. Firstly, by analysing the effect of immigrationrelated diversity at the smallest level of aggregation possible in Spain -the census section level -we are able to adequately test the propositions that relate greater 3 ethnic diversity to residents' social trust. Secondly, we overcome the limitations intrinsic to the crude measurement of diversity of the Herfindahl index with a systematic consideration of multiple alternative indicators of immigration-related diversity that examine the effects of the national origin, linguistic, and racial diversity that has changed the social face of Spanish local communities throughout the country.With this thorough examination of diversity in an interesting and little-known case, we find no effect of diversity on generalized trust, and a negative impact on community trust. We also find that considering multiple dimensions of immigrationrelated diversity is a worthwhile pursuit, as our results suggest that certain types of immigrants engender a more negative reaction than others.The article proceeds as follows. In the next section we summarize the key issues discussed in the scholarly literature around this topic and we outline the empirical expectations that are derived from it. This is followed by a brief description of the Spanish case and of its relevance for the research questions addressed. The third section presents the data, variables and methods used. After that, we present the empirical results, and we conclude with a discussion of the main findings and implications.

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“…Several studies have found a negative relationship between neighborhood ethnic diversity (measured using a Herfindahl index or percentage of ethnic minorities) and social contacts (Gijsberts, van der Meer, & Dagevos, 2011; Lancee & Dronkers, 2011; Tolsma, van der Meer, & Gesthuizen, 2009; Vervoort, Flap, & Dagevos, 2011). Negative effects of diversity upon trust have also been reported, albeit in a qualified manner, with lower trust in neighbors but not interethnically (Lancee & Dronkers, 2011), lower trust among the majority group but not other ethnic groups (Gundelach & Freitag, 2014), or trust dependent on the proportion of the next lower-placed ethnic group (in status terms) in the neighborhood (Bakker & Dekker 2012). In European studies, a higher level of perceived neighborhood ethnic mix is associated with more interethnic friendships and lower perceived ethnic threat (Kouvo & Lockmer, 2013; Semyonov & Glikman, 2009).…”

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Perceived neighborhood ethnic diversity and social outcomes: Context-dependent effects within a postindustrial city undergoing regeneration

Kearns

Whitley

2017

Journal of Urban Affairs

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This article examines whether perceived neighborhood ethnic diversity is associated with a range of social outcomes in a postindustrial city undergoing regeneration. The research included a survey in 3 types of deprived area in Glasgow: those undergoing regeneration, those directly adjoining regeneration areas, and those further removed from regeneration areas. In areas undergoing regeneration, perceived diversity was positively associated with many residential, cohesion, safety, and empowerment outcomes. This was also true, although to a lesser extent, in deprived areas at some distance from regeneration areas. In areas immediately surrounding the regeneration areas, perceived diversity had mixed associations with residential and safety outcomes and few associations with cohesion and empowerment outcomes. The results suggest that the effects of perceived diversity are context dependent within a city. Moreover, regeneration processes alter neighborhood contexts and therefore enable scale, timing, and duration of diversity to mediate the relationships between perceived diversity and social outcomes.

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Ethnic, Religious and Economic Diversity in Dutch Neighbourhoods: Explaining Quality of Contact with Neighbours, Trust in the Neighbourhood and Inter-Ethnic Trust

Cited by 162 publications

References 16 publications

Income inequality and solidarity in Europe

Income inequality and solidarity in Europe

Will We All Hunker Down? The Impact of Immigration and Diversity on Local Communities in Spain

Perceived neighborhood ethnic diversity and social outcomes: Context-dependent effects within a postindustrial city undergoing regeneration

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