Social Exclusion and Urban Policy in European Cities: Combining ‘Northern’ and ‘Southern’ European Perspectives

Moulaert, Frank; Morlicchio, Enrica; Cavola, L.

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“…This embodies a new compromise between competitiveness and social cohesion (Boddy and Parkinson, 2005;Apeldoorn et al, 2009), creating a ''desocialised'' and a ''de-policised binary'' which leaves no room for manoeuvre outside its own rationale (Maloutas et al, 2008, p. 260) and moves policy attention away from cities and neighbourhoods exposed to severe exclusion dynamics (Moulaert et al, 2007).…”

Section: From Modernisation To Social Cohesion In Urban Policymentioning

confidence: 98%

Social Cohesion: A Conceptual and Political Elucidation

Novy¹,

Swiatek²,

Moulaert³

2012

Urban Studies

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This article aims to clarify the concept of social cohesion by embedding it within a dynamic, multiscalar and complex understanding of socioeconomic development in the city. Section 1 gives a European perspective on the relationship between differing views of social cohesion and urban policy and how its relation to competitiveness is inherent to contemporary EU cohesion discourse. It examines the ambiguity of policy orientations that seek an answer to this failing functionalisation. Section 2 unravels the complexity and multidimensionality of social cohesion as a problématique. It systematises social cohesion as an ‘open concept’, distinguishing between its socioeconomic, cultural, ecological and political dimensions. Section 3 offers ways of accommodating the tensions and contradictions between cohesion and competitiveness inherent in capitalist market economies, and argues in favour of a progressive neo-structuralist approach, capable of laying out policies to make cities more inclusive for all inhabitants in all their uniqueness and diversity.

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Section: From Modernisation To Social Cohesion In Urban Policymentioning

confidence: 98%

Social Cohesion: A Conceptual and Political Elucidation

Novy¹,

Swiatek²,

Moulaert³

2012

Urban Studies

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“…These aspects are connected by a diversity of authors such as Moulaert (1996), Paugam (1996), Vranken (2001), Morlicchio (2004), Moulaert, Morlicchio and Cavola (2007) into a multidimensional understanding of exclusion processes, capable of grasping the various sectors of urban society, but addressing them from a multiscalar perspective (neighbourhoods, urban villages, cities, metropolitan areas, urban regions), following work by Kearns and Forrest (2000), Mingione (1996), Moulaert et al (2000), Murie and Musterd (2004) and Musterd et al (2006). (3) Social inclusion: as a process (multidimensional), a collective agency, a policy perspective and strategy, an institutionalisation process (Vicari Haddock, 2004).…”

Section: Social Cohesion: a Problematic Scientific Conceptmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Social exclusion : understood as a state, a process (multidimensional), a collective agency (including public policy). These aspects are connected by a diversity of authors such as Moulaert (1996), Paugam (1996), Vranken (2001), Morlicchio (2004), Moulaert, Morlicchio and Cavola (2007) into a multidimensional understanding of exclusion processes, capable of grasping the various sectors of urban society, but addressing them from a multiscalar perspective (neighbourhoods, urban villages, cities, metropolitan areas, urban regions), following work by Kearns and Forrest (2000), Mingione (1996), Moulaert et al . (2000), Murie and Musterd (2004) and Musterd et al .…”

Section: Social Cohesion: a Problematic Scientific Conceptmentioning

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Introduction: Problematising Urban Social Cohesion: A Transdisciplinary Endeavour

Miciukiewicz¹,

Moulaert²,

Novy³

et al. 2012

Urban Studies

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Conceptualising, exploring and operationalising different meanings of social cohesion to make them useful for studying the dynamics of 'cities and social cohesion' in urban Europe: that is what this Special Issue aims at. It is based on research on 'Social Cohesion in European Cities' within the FP7-SSH-Project Social Polis, the first social platform funded by the EC SSH programme. 1 Decades of European research on urban development and economy, urban social fabric, housing and labour market, social, cultural and political fragmentation and, more recently, on security issues and citizenship in the city have produced an extensive body of results in different disciplines that are relevant to urban social cohesion research. Social cohesion is given various meanings in the scientific circles, social milieux and policy arenas in which it is addressed. Most frequently, it is presented as a policy objective with reference both to the social forces and public actions that are needed for the inclusion of all groups,

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“…Despite the prevailing global neo-liberal ideology that marginalizes the de-commodified social rented housing to a residual form, social housing can play a universal role 17 (Moulaert, Morlicchio & Cavola, 2007;Tutin, 2008). On that account, during the last decade in countries in the Global South there has been a vigorous interest in social housing in order to meet the growing need for housing deriving mainly from income pressure.…”

Section: The Future Of Social Housing In the Global Southmentioning

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Housing systems in the Global South

Zadeh

Moulaert

Cameron

2021

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This paper addresses the problem of accessing decent and affordable housing in the Global South, where the housing need is, in general, more problematic than in the Global North. The paper first identifies five distinctive characteristics of housing systems in the Global South as compared to those in the Global North. These include: (a) the diverse facets of global financialization; (b) the role of the developmentalist state; (c) the importance of informality; (d) the decisive role of the family; and (e) the rudimentary welfare systems. Given these features, the paper reflects on the concept and practices of social housing, particularly their appropriateness to deal with the housing problem in the Global South. The paper then addresses the question of whether the social housing approach is relevant for solving the contemporary housing needs in the Global South. It argues that social housing, redefined to better encompass the distinctive characteristics of housing systems in the Global South, is indeed a useful policy approach and can play a decisive role in satisfying unmet housing needs. Such an approach needs to take into account the great role of informality and family support systems and develop appropriate funding instruments and modes of institutionalization protecting housing rights and the quality of life.

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Social Exclusion and Urban Policy in European Cities: Combining ‘Northern’ and ‘Southern’ European Perspectives

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Social Cohesion: A Conceptual and Political Elucidation

Social Cohesion: A Conceptual and Political Elucidation

Introduction: Problematising Urban Social Cohesion: A Transdisciplinary Endeavour

Housing systems in the Global South

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