Policy Narratives versus Everyday Geographies: Perceptions of Changing Local Space in Melbourne's Diverse North

Robertson, Shanthi; Colic‐Peisker, Val

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“…In short, residents everyday experiences of neighbourhood diversity and of participation did not always align with policy narratives (cf. Robertson and Colic-Peisker 2015). These findings align with common critiques of policies that stimulate participation under the rubric of active citizenship and community involvement, but which do not involve substantial power transfers from centralized government institutions to deprived neighbourhoods and citizens.…”

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confidence: 77%

Neighbourhood participation in super-diverse contexts: comparing Amsterdam and Vienna

Hoekstra

Dahlvik

2017

Urban Research & Practice

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Urban policies are increasingly localized, stressing the role of neighbourhood social contacts in generating cohesion and citizen participation. Studies on 'everyday' multiculturalism also emphasize the neighbourhood as a meaningful place for encounters. However, there remains a lack of understanding of how specific contexts condition encounters with difference. We compare two European neighbourhoods that provide different contexts for participation: Amsterdam and Vienna. We ask how residents experience local spaces of encounter and how this influences their experience of the neighbourhood. We find a mismatch between the aims of local policies and the experiences of residents, who also value more superficial contacts.

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Section: Comparison and Concluding Thoughtssupporting

confidence: 77%

Neighbourhood participation in super-diverse contexts: comparing Amsterdam and Vienna

Hoekstra

Dahlvik

2017

Urban Research & Practice

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“…As Madden (2014, p. 471) notes, neighbourhoods are not apolitical units but 'uneven, unequal products of complex, ongoing struggles between various groups and institutions' . Residents' everyday experiences often do not align with policy narratives and priorities (Robertson & Colic-Peisker, 2015), and neighbourhood organizations operate in this field of different and sometimes competing place imaginaries. This research thus points to the value of rethinking the neighbourhood as a product of social and political relations, a place which is not only constructed but also contested by local people and events (Martin, 2003b).…”

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‘We want to be there for everyone’: imagined spaces of encounter and the politics of place in a super-diverse neighbourhood

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Pinkster

2017

Social & Cultural Geography

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In the context of increasingly diverse urban populations in European cities, neighbourhood organizations are often seen as offering spaces of encounter that can foster a sense of belonging. As a result, they have formed an important element in urban policies on community identity and social cohesion. Yet everyday encounters in such micropublics may not necessarily be experienced as positive, and these spaces themselves might become sites of contestation and exclusion. Through an ethnographic study in a super-diverse neighbourhood in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, this paper investigates how residents' sense of belonging to the neighbourhood is informed by competing claims on a neighbourhood centre. Although envisioned as a collective space, contestations between different groups of residents over the centre as a functional and meaningful place illustrate how governing institutions shape informal politics of place through their own vision for the neighbourhood and their selective support of some initiatives over others.

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“…The power of narratives like those promising shared prosperity lies in the way they simplify complex realities (Robertson and Colic‐Peisker, ), making it appear as if there are no victims, burdens or risks. It is not easy to be against ‘better roads’.…”

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Road to shared prosperity: The elaboration and influence of a transboundary policy narrative for regional economic integration

Lebel

2019

Asia Pacific Viewpoint

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In the Mekong Region, the Asian Development Bank and partners have promoted economic corridors as a way to achieve regional economic integration and growth. This study evaluates how a transboundary policy narrative of shared prosperity around the East-West Economic Corridor programme emerged, and then how it was elaborated and used, taking a set of border policies of the government of Thailand as cases. For two decades the shared prosperity narrative has been used by a coalition of elite actors to support a programme of investments in road infrastructure, as well as to push for agreements on trade, border logistics, investment and tourism. The shared prosperity narrative has helped maintain support for the programme despite its failures to meet projections and expectations. Although criticised by civil society and experts from time to time, no coherent shared counter-narrative emerged. Policy elites in Thailand have used the transboundary narrative to justify investments in special economic zones, and transport infrastructure near the border and inside neighbouring countries. Thailand has also reproduced the narrative in support of efforts to bolster tourism cooperation, and negotiate cross-border trade and logistics agreements. Roads and bridges have been built, underlining how discursive practices have material consequences and reinforce the narrative.

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Policy Narratives versus Everyday Geographies: Perceptions of Changing Local Space in Melbourne's Diverse North

Cited by 6 publications

References 59 publications

Neighbourhood participation in super-diverse contexts: comparing Amsterdam and Vienna

Neighbourhood participation in super-diverse contexts: comparing Amsterdam and Vienna

‘We want to be there for everyone’: imagined spaces of encounter and the politics of place in a super-diverse neighbourhood

Road to shared prosperity: The elaboration and influence of a transboundary policy narrative for regional economic integration

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