Economic Integration versus Social Avoidance: Assessing Neighborhood Relationships Between the Shanty Town of Calabar and its Surrounding Upper-class Gated Communities | Integração econômica vs evitamento social: analisando relações de bairro entre a favela de Calabar e os condomínios de elite circundantes

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https://doi.org/10.22296/2317-1529.2019v21n1p117

Keywords:

Neighborhood Effects, Urban Poverty, Shanty Town, Social Segmentation, Opportunity Structures, Territorial Stigmatization.

Abstract

This research assesses the impact of neighborhood effects on the well-being of thirty inhabitants in Calabar, a shanty-town set within an upper-class area of Salvador (Brazil). We adopted a threefold methodological framework in order to explore the material, social and symbolic dimensions of the neighborhood effects based on a set of interviews. With regard to  the material dimension, cross-class interactions via the employment nexus are fostered through geographic proximity; however social segmentation regarding access to schools, hospitals and leisure activities have reinforced the social hierarchies. In the social dimension, a high degree of cohesion and solidarity has entailed positive implications for the job search processes, access to resources and a strengthening of territorial identity. With the symbolic dimension, statistical discrimination has entailed deleterious effects on economic integration. In conclusion, the hypothesis of an opportunity-enriching environment should be subjected to careful scrutiny since the economic integration of the inhabitants neither bridges the social distances nor impedes place-based discrimination.

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Author Biography

Stephan Treuke, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Departamento de Ciências Sociais, Salvador da Bahia, BA, Brasil

Stephan Treuke é doutorando e pesquisador no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Sociais na Universidade Federal da Bahia. Mestre em Filologia Românica (Francês, Espanho e Português) e Geografia pela Universidade Justus-Liebig em Giessen, Hessen – Alemanha.

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Published

2019-01-24

How to Cite

Treuke, S. (2019). Economic Integration versus Social Avoidance: Assessing Neighborhood Relationships Between the Shanty Town of Calabar and its Surrounding Upper-class Gated Communities | Integração econômica vs evitamento social: analisando relações de bairro entre a favela de Calabar e os condomínios de elite circundantes. Revista Brasileira De Estudos Urbanos E Regionais, 21(1), 117. https://doi.org/10.22296/2317-1529.2019v21n1p117