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2. Community Building and Urban Life

Author : Fenneke Wekker

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Abstract

This chapter focuses on theories and contemporary scholarly debates on community building as a means to improve livability and social cohesion in disadvantaged and heterogeneous urban settings. It shows how the necessity of creating social networks for people to be able to feel safe and at home in the city is stressed by many policy-makers, as well as anthropologists and sociologists. Seen from a political perspective, community building, feelings of belonging and social engagement are seen as prerequisites for urban neighborhoods and their dwellers to function well. The implementation of a community restaurant in a working class area in Amsterdam must be seen in light of decades of Dutch social interventions. As is shown, the exclusiveness of communities brings about contradictory outcomes.

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Metadata
Title
Community Building and Urban Life
Author
Fenneke Wekker
Copyright Year
2017
Book
Top-down Community Building and the Politics of Inclusion

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-53963-8

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-53964-5

Copyright Year: 2017

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53964-5_2