The “distinctiveness of cities” and distinctions in cities: Boundaries of belonging in comparative perspective
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The “distinctiveness of cities” and distinctions in cities : Boundaries of belonging in comparative perspective. / Barbehön, Marlon; Münch, Sybille.
in: Urban Research and Practice, Jahrgang 9, Nr. 1, 02.01.2016, S. 37-55.Publikation: Beiträge in Zeitschriften › Zeitschriftenaufsätze › Forschung › begutachtet
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T1 - The “distinctiveness of cities” and distinctions in cities
T2 - Boundaries of belonging in comparative perspective
AU - Barbehön, Marlon
AU - Münch, Sybille
PY - 2016/1/2
Y1 - 2016/1/2
N2 - It is in cities where people are most strongly confronted with diversity in an ‘age of migration’. However, comparisons of local integration contexts usually take ethnic boundaries as given or assume that they are constituted by the nation state. Our analysis of local discourses challenges this methodological nationalism. Departing from the ‘distinctiveness of cities’ approach, we scrutinise how Frankfurt, Dortmund, Birmingham and Glasgow differ in how diversity is discursively constructed. We maintain that the discourses not only reflect different frames in dealing with diversity but also serve as a proxy for debating the self-image of the city.
AB - It is in cities where people are most strongly confronted with diversity in an ‘age of migration’. However, comparisons of local integration contexts usually take ethnic boundaries as given or assume that they are constituted by the nation state. Our analysis of local discourses challenges this methodological nationalism. Departing from the ‘distinctiveness of cities’ approach, we scrutinise how Frankfurt, Dortmund, Birmingham and Glasgow differ in how diversity is discursively constructed. We maintain that the discourses not only reflect different frames in dealing with diversity but also serve as a proxy for debating the self-image of the city.
KW - Politics
KW - boundaries of belonging
KW - construction
KW - difference
KW - discourse analysis
KW - distinctiveness of cities
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84959174115&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/17535069.2015.1037342
DO - 10.1080/17535069.2015.1037342
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 9
SP - 37
EP - 55
JO - Urban Research and Practice
JF - Urban Research and Practice
SN - 1753-5069
IS - 1
ER -