Minorities in European Cities The Dynamics of Social Integration and Social Exclusion at the Neighbourhood Level

by Body-Gendrot, Sophie; Martiniello, Marco

• ISBN13: 9780312231323
• ISBN10: 0312231326
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-09-02
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This collection studies the behavior of immigrants in increasingly globalized European cities. Studying European neighborhoods from the point of view of immigrants challenged by economic restructuring, the book simultaneously explores two topics: the integration and exclusion of immigrants and the evolution of European cities confronted by globalization.

Author Biography

Sophie Body-Gendrot lectures at the University of the Sorbonne in Paris.

Marco Martiniello is Director of the Centre des +tudes de l'+thnicitT et des Migrations at the University of LiFge, Belgium.

Table of Contents

Acronyms and Abbreviations	vii
Biographical Notes	xi
Preface	xiv
Aristide R. Zolberg
Introduction: The Dynamics of Social Integration and Social Exclusion at the Neighbourhood Level	1	(10)
Sophie Body-Gendrot
Marco Martiniello
PART I PARTICIPATION/EXCLUSION OF MIGRANTS IN THE FIELD OF ECONOMICS
Economic Activities of Migrants in Transnational Social Spaces	11	(15)
Thomas Faist
A Game of Ethnic Musical Chairs? Immigrant Businesses and Niches in the Amsterdam Economy	26	(18)
Jan Rath
Migrants' Careers and Commercial Expertise in Marseilles	44	(10)
Michel Peraldi
Segregation and Economic Integration of Immigrants in Brussels	54	(21)
Christian Kesteloot
Henk Meert
PART II SOCIAL LIFE AT THE NEIGHBOURHOOD LEVEL
Urban Violence and Community Mobilizations	75	(13)
Sophie Body-Gendrot
Islam in European Cities	88	(12)
Jocelyne Cesari
The Mosaic Pattern: Cohabitation between Ethnic Groups in Belleville, Paris	100	(19)
Patrick Simon
PART III POLITICAL INCLUSION/EXCLUSION AT THE NEIGHBOURHOOD LEVEL
The Residential Concentration and Political Participation of Immigrants in European Cities	119	(10)
Marco Martiniello
Political Dynamics in the City: Three Case Studies	129	(16)
Hassan Bousetta
Rethinking the Politics of Race: Participation, Representation and Identity in Birmingham	145	(17)
John Solomos
Les Back
Symbolic Politics of Multiculturalism: How German Cities Campaign against Racism	162	(17)
Sigrid Baringhorst
PART IV LAW AND ORDER, SECURITY AND JUSTICE
Migration and the Politics of Security	179	(11)
Jef Huysmans
Migration, Crime and the City: Contexts of Social Exclusion	190	(13)
Simon Holdaway
The Judicial System and the Social Construction of Migrants' Criminality: The Case of Milan	203	(14)
Fabio Quassoli
Mediation: From Dispute Resolution to Social Integration	217	(12)
Jean-Pierre Bonafe-Schmitt
References	229	(26)
Index	255