Negative Neighbourhood Reputation and Place Attachment : The Production and Contestation of Territorial Stigma

Paul Kirkness

ISBN 10: 1472475526 / ISBN 13: 9781472475527

Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales) Apr 2017, 2017

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Neuware - The concept of territorial stigma, as developed in large part by the urban sociologist Loïc Wacquant, contends that certain groups of people are devalued, discredited and tainted by the reputation of the place where they reside.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Negative Neighbourhood Reputation and Place Attachment : The Production and Contestation of Territorial Stigma
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales) Apr 2017
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1472475526
• ISBN 13: 9781472475527
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 240W x 164H x 25D millimeters 240 millimeters width by 164 millimeters height by 25 millimeters depth
• Weight: 559 grams

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Synopsis

The concept of territorial stigma, as developed in large part by the urban sociologist Loïc Wacquant, contends that certain groups of people are devalued, discredited and tainted by the reputation of the place where they reside.

This book argues that this theory is more relevant and comprehensive than others that have been used to frame and understand ostracised neighbourhoods and their populations (for example segregation and the racialisation of place) and allows for an inclusive interpretation of the many spatial facets of marginalisation processes. Advancing conceptual understanding of how territorial stigmatisation and its components unfold materially as well as symbolically, this book presents a wide range of case studies from the Global South and Global North, including an examination of recent policy measures that have been applied to deal with the consequences of territorial stigmatisation. It introduces readers to territorial stigmatisation’s strategic deployment but also illustrates, in a number of regional contexts, the attachments that residents at times develop for the stigmatised places in which they live and the potential counter-forces that are developed against territorial stigmatisation by a variety of different groups.

About the Author

Paul Kirkness is a Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany.

Andreas Tijé-Dra is a Human Geographer at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany.