The Middle Class 'at Home among the Poor' - How Social Mix is Lived in P arisian Suburbs: Between Local Attachment and Metropolitan Practices
The Middle Class 'at Home among the Poor' - How Social Mix is Lived in P arisian Suburbs: Between Local Attachment and Metropolitan Practices
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中产阶级“与穷人同在”——巴黎郊区的社会融合如何:地方依恋与大都市实践之间
DOI:
10.1111/1468-2427.12130
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发表时间:
2014
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
Bacqué M
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作者:
Bacqué M
How do households belonging to the middle classes decide to come live in a ‘poor’ city in the Parisian suburbs? What makes them stay? What are the judgements and strategies that have been brought to bear both individually in their daily lives and as a social group in terms of their collective involvement and their relationships with other social groups? What does this kind of ‘social mix’ imply in terms of social practices, local and social belonging? This article shows that attitudes towards social mixing have to be considered in terms of their sociological dimensions. This analysis thus takes into account middle‐class diversity in socio‐residential terms, in terms of trajectories, values and attachment to a particular area. The article also emphasizes the importance of distinguishing between different dimensions of attitudes towards social mixing: depending on the issues at stake, people can accept and sometimes promote a form of cohabitation, or, quite to the contrary, reject it. Finally, the article emphasizes the importance of local contexts and their temporality: for someone belonging to the middle classes, living in a poor city may also mean holding a relatively higher position than elsewhere.