‘I call it the dark side’: Stigma, social capital and social networks in a disadvantaged neighbourhood
Verdouw, Julia
‘I call it the dark side’: Stigma, social capital and social networks in a disadvantaged neighbourhood - Sage, 2019. - Vol 56, Issue 16, 2019,(3375-3393 p.)
It is well established that the stigmatisation of residents of socio-economically disadvantaged places by outsiders can have harmful consequences for those residents’ wellbeing and opportunities. However, relatively little research examines the effects of intra-neighbourhood stigmatisation on residents. We draw on Loïc Wacquant’s ‘advanced marginality’ thesis to explore this dynamic. We extend Wacquant’s concept of ‘territorial stigmatisation’ empirically with a social and spatial analysis of relational ties and stigma in a disadvantaged neighbourhood in Tasmania, Australia. This shifts the analytical focus from insider–outsider boundary-making to the ‘micro-territories’ of stigma production, which we argue are relationally as well as geographically constituted.
disadvantage,
place,
social capital,
social network analysis,
stigmatisation
‘I call it the dark side’: Stigma, social capital and social networks in a disadvantaged neighbourhood - Sage, 2019. - Vol 56, Issue 16, 2019,(3375-3393 p.)
It is well established that the stigmatisation of residents of socio-economically disadvantaged places by outsiders can have harmful consequences for those residents’ wellbeing and opportunities. However, relatively little research examines the effects of intra-neighbourhood stigmatisation on residents. We draw on Loïc Wacquant’s ‘advanced marginality’ thesis to explore this dynamic. We extend Wacquant’s concept of ‘territorial stigmatisation’ empirically with a social and spatial analysis of relational ties and stigma in a disadvantaged neighbourhood in Tasmania, Australia. This shifts the analytical focus from insider–outsider boundary-making to the ‘micro-territories’ of stigma production, which we argue are relationally as well as geographically constituted.
disadvantage,
place,
social capital,
social network analysis,
stigmatisation