Strangers, ambivalence and social theory
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Strangers, ambivalence and social theory
(Research in ethnic relations series)
Ashgate, c1998
- hbk.
Available at 5 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-348) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Covering a range of philosophical, methodological and theoretical materials combined with a detailed micro-sociological investigation of the ambivalent and marginal position of a settled immigrant community in Aarhus, Denmark. Interdisciplinary in approach through sociology, urban studies, ethnicity studies, geography and planning, this book examines the politics of immigration, issues of social and cultural discrimination, exclusion from the economic system, and the political problemization of immigrants. Much of the book deals with theoretical issues, construction and de-construction, social theory and the concept of ambivalence. A case-study of Gellerup supported by photographs of the immigrant settlers is used to contextualize the theories and examine the issues of social and spatial segregation in a ghetto environment. The text finally looks at social issues from a modern planning perspective drawing on experiences in Denmark to highlight problems for other European countries with similar immigrant groups.
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