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7 Bringing inequality closer: A comparative outlook at socially diverse neighbourhoods in Chicago and Santiago de Chile
Abstract
This chapter addresses the issues of segregation and social mix by comparing two socially diverse neighbourhoods in Chicago (Cabrini Green and Near North) and Santiago (La Loma and La Florida area). It aims to understand how social relationships can be modified by a change in spatial configurations, questioning whether intergroup physical proximity triggers other processes of integration, notably functional, relational, and symbolic integration. Social mix leads to more amenities and some institutional change, but not to upward social mobility for the poor. Moreover, intergroup relationships in these socially mixed neighbourhoods are marked by fear, distrust, and avoidance and governed by increased material and symbolic competition. Ultimately, the physical proximity of social mix conceals the persistence of inequality and the forces that are actively maintaining segregation.
Abstract
This chapter addresses the issues of segregation and social mix by comparing two socially diverse neighbourhoods in Chicago (Cabrini Green and Near North) and Santiago (La Loma and La Florida area). It aims to understand how social relationships can be modified by a change in spatial configurations, questioning whether intergroup physical proximity triggers other processes of integration, notably functional, relational, and symbolic integration. Social mix leads to more amenities and some institutional change, but not to upward social mobility for the poor. Moreover, intergroup relationships in these socially mixed neighbourhoods are marked by fear, distrust, and avoidance and governed by increased material and symbolic competition. Ultimately, the physical proximity of social mix conceals the persistence of inequality and the forces that are actively maintaining segregation.
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- List of tables and figures vii
- Notes on contributors viii
- Acknowledgements xiv
- Introduction: Understanding super-diversity in deprived and mixed neighbourhoods 1
- Who are the strangers? Neighbour relations in socially and ethnically heterogeneous residential buildings in Geneva 25
- Experiencing diversity in London: Social relations in a rapidly changing neighbourhood 47
- ‘Others’ in diversified neighbourhoods: What does social cohesion mean in diversified neighbourhoods? A case study in Istanbul 69
- Nurturing solidarity in diversity: Can local currencies enable transformative practices? 89
- Interculturalism as conservative multiculturalism? New generations from an immigrant background in Milan, Italy, and the challenge to categories and boundaries 113
- Bringing inequality closer: A comparative outlook at socially diverse neighbourhoods in Chicago and Santiago de Chile 139
- Ambiguities of vertical multi-ethnic coexistence in the city of Athens: Living together but unequally between conflicts and encounters 165
- Beyond the middle classes: Neighbourhood choice and satisfaction in the hyper-diverse contexts 187
- Living with diversity or living with difference? International perspectives on everyday perceptions of the social composition of diverse neighbourhoods 211
- Conclusion: Super-diversity, conviviality, inequality 235
- Index 245
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- List of tables and figures vii
- Notes on contributors viii
- Acknowledgements xiv
- Introduction: Understanding super-diversity in deprived and mixed neighbourhoods 1
- Who are the strangers? Neighbour relations in socially and ethnically heterogeneous residential buildings in Geneva 25
- Experiencing diversity in London: Social relations in a rapidly changing neighbourhood 47
- ‘Others’ in diversified neighbourhoods: What does social cohesion mean in diversified neighbourhoods? A case study in Istanbul 69
- Nurturing solidarity in diversity: Can local currencies enable transformative practices? 89
- Interculturalism as conservative multiculturalism? New generations from an immigrant background in Milan, Italy, and the challenge to categories and boundaries 113
- Bringing inequality closer: A comparative outlook at socially diverse neighbourhoods in Chicago and Santiago de Chile 139
- Ambiguities of vertical multi-ethnic coexistence in the city of Athens: Living together but unequally between conflicts and encounters 165
- Beyond the middle classes: Neighbourhood choice and satisfaction in the hyper-diverse contexts 187
- Living with diversity or living with difference? International perspectives on everyday perceptions of the social composition of diverse neighbourhoods 211
- Conclusion: Super-diversity, conviviality, inequality 235
- Index 245
