Networks in urban neighbourhoods: Lost, saved or liberated communities?

Schiefloe, Per Morten

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“…Aroian (: 180 f) suggested that weak ties in the neighbourhood may be poor sources of emotional support but best for helping immigrants learn new roles. Bridge () and Schiefloe () emphasised the ‘strength of weak ties’ in a sense that even small gestures of recognition of one's neighbours, which one may classify as ‘nodding relationships’ can be important for migrants in a process of social integration. It is not only the strength of contacts that matters for fostering attachment to the neighbourhood but also with whom ties are made and how they are connected through the neighbourhood (Hipp & Perrin, ).…”

Section: Theoretical Perspectives On Place Attachment and Its Determimentioning

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Place Attachment and Social Ties – Migrants and Natives in Three Urban Settings in Vienna

Kohlbacher

Reeger

Schnell

2015

Population Space and Place

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With ongoing immigration from 'all over the world', European cities are realising that the local level is gaining importance as a setting for interethnic coexistence. In this article, we investigate the attachment of migrants and natives to their local context in three neighbourhoods (one better-off, two more deprived) in Vienna that differ in contextual, structural, and socio-economic characteristics. We ask how the place attachment of natives and migrants is related to weak and strong social ties. In all three neighbourhoods, we found a majority of residents reported high or medium levels of attachment proving that urban neighbourhoods are still important contexts for local residents. A closer look revealed differences across groups and research areas: The strongest place attachment is displayed by natives in the middle-class area of Laudongasse, with migrants being significantly less attached, but still more than migrants (and natives) in the two deprived settings. In social housing (Am Schöpfwerk), migrants are more attached than natives, whereas in Ludo-Hartmann-Platz, the difference is not significant. The first result is that obviously deprivation reduces individual place attachment. In contrast to previous studies we found that socio-demographic factors are not relevant, it is social contacts that are important in explaining local attachment. For natives and migrants alike, close ties in the neighbourhood raise local attachment. Small talks are relevant for migrants but not for natives. This is in line with previous studies emphasising the special relevance of weak ties for migrants in supporting the integration process in a new environment.

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Section: Theoretical Perspectives On Place Attachment and Its Determimentioning

confidence: 99%

Place Attachment and Social Ties – Migrants and Natives in Three Urban Settings in Vienna

Kohlbacher

Reeger

Schnell

2015

Population Space and Place

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“…However, over time additional network studies of neighborhoods found that urbanites’ motivation to engage in local networks varies in response to their alternative sources for social relations and network involvement (Fischer, 1982). Within the structure created by relationships and the resulting opportunities to meet other people, involvement with potential new network members is both selective and quantitatively limited (Schiefloe, 1990: 99). The increased geographic reach of ties among urban residents and the absence of simple hierarchical group structures create spatially and socially ramified networks (Wellman, 1999).…”

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Immigrant Networks in New Urban Spaces: Gender and Social Integration

Avenarius

2012

International Migration

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This article investigates how dispersed settlement in areas of urban sprawl affects the structure of personal networks that in turn influences the likelihood of social integration among male and female immigrants from Taiwan. Settlement in the deconcentrated spaces that currently constitute the new urban spaces of U.S. metropolitan areas potentially offers more opportunities to interact with ethnically diverse people than the traditional ethnic enclaves of inner cities. However, these spatial structures also increase dependency on cars and road systems. Findings from ethnographic fieldwork in Orange County, California, show that the social networks of affluent first generation immigrants from Taiwan are not comparable to the densely knit broadly based ties linking neighbors and kin group members traditionally attributed to immigrants.Instead, the social networks of immigrants with high levels of human and economic capital are based on loosely bounded, sparsely knit, and dynamic specialized ties. At the local level networks involve few ties to extended relatives, but a substantial amount of relationships with former classmates and members of recreational associations. However, despite good English skills and employment in diverse workplaces the number of interactions with nonimmigrants outside of work and school environments is rather small. These circumstances are experienced differently by men and women. Female immigrants consider living in the deconcentrated spaces of master-plan communities beneficial for achieving personal contentment. They welcome the changed conditions for social interaction and enjoy the decrease in network size and frequency of contacts that result in less obligations and responsibilities compared to life back in their country of origin. Male immigrants, however, mourn the loss of opportunities to gain reputation and social recognition. They would prefer to live in areas with close spatial proximity of immigrant residences. These gendered evaluations further affect the likelihood of social integration for first generation immigrants.

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“…Au sein de la diversité des échanges qui ont cours dans les processus de socialisation, le lien de responsabilité attire particulièrement l'attention : dans un contexte de mutations, c'est-à-dire d'imprévisibilité et de risques, il devient pertinent puisque la responsabilité est la capacité de répondre à des individus et à des institutions dans un contexte d'indétermination voire de contingence (Bauman, 1998 (Charbonneau, 1998). Le lien social n'est plus fondé sur la solidarité organique d'une communauté telle que l'entendait Tönnies à propos des communautés rurales, par exemple (Schiefloe, 1990). Mais même s'il est tentant de se concentrer sur l'individuation du lien social, vu l'intérêt de la sociologie pour les liens sociaux modernes, il faut garder à l'esprit que les traditions ou les normes ne disparaissent pas, elles se diversifient (Giddens, 2000).…”

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La responsabilité dans les débuts de l'âge adulte

Gaudet

2002

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Networks in urban neighbourhoods: Lost, saved or liberated communities?

Cited by 20 publications

References 6 publications

Place Attachment and Social Ties – Migrants and Natives in Three Urban Settings in Vienna

Place Attachment and Social Ties – Migrants and Natives in Three Urban Settings in Vienna

Immigrant Networks in New Urban Spaces: Gender and Social Integration

La responsabilité dans les débuts de l'âge adulte

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