Selective Belonging. Fear and Avoidance in Urban and Suburban Neighbourhoods

In this paper I argue that ‘selective belonging’ (Watt, 2009, 2010) is a useful conceptual lens for understanding how processes of avoiding ‘the other’, especially the poor other, occur in urban and suburban neighbourhoods. Having a sense of belonging to a local residential neighbourhood, a feeling...

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Main Author: Paul Watt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: professionaldreamers 2011-08-01
Series:lo Squaderno
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Online Access: http://www.losquaderno.professionaldreamers.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/losquaderno21.pdf#page=55