Negative Neighbourhood Reputation and Place Attachment: The Production and Contestation of Territorial Stigma (Global Urban Studies)

The concept of territorial stigma, as developed in large part by the urban sociologist Lo�c 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. Negative Neighbourhood Reputation and Place Attachment- Front Cover -- Negative Neighbourhood Reputation and Place Attachment -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Figures -- Tables -- Box -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1: Introduction: exploring urban tainted spaces -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2: The stigmatisation of Las Vegas and its inhabitants: the other side of the coin -- Introduction -- The genesis of Las Vegas stigma -- From the stigmatisation of the city to the stigmatisation of its inhabitants -- Living with stigma in 'Sin City' -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3: Imaginary politics of the branded city: right-wing terrorism as a mediated object of stigmatisation -- Introduction -- The city as the subject of topoanalysis -- Media as the big Other -- Topological limits of the desirous city -- Objects of imaginary politics -- Right-wing terrorism as an object of territorial stigmatisation in Zwickau -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4: Extensive territorial stigma and ways of coping with it: the stigmatisation of the Roma in Italy and France -- Introduction -- Increasing negative attitudes towards the Roma and the process of territorial stigmatisation -- The historical roots of the territorial stigmatisation of the Roma -- Coping with extensive territorial stigma: new forms of place attachment, solidarities and coalitions -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5: Redlining or renewal? The space-based construction of decay and its contestation through local agency in Brixton, Johannesburg -- Introduction -- Redlining in international context and conceptual framing -- Redlining in South Africa -- Contextualising Johannesburg's diversifying neighbourhoods, including Brixton 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. Edited By Paul Kirkness And Andreas Tijé-dra. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.