Blokland, Talja

Urban bonds / Talja Blokland ; translated by Lee K. Mitzman. - Cambridge: Polity Press, 2003. - x, 246 p

Preface. 1. Disintegration And The 'Demise Of Community'. 2. Hillesluis As A Natural Area? Social Ecology And Neighbourhood Use. 3. Personal Networks As Communities. 4. Social Identification And A Grid Of Social Relations. 5. Familiarity And Transactions: Privatization I. 6. Institutions And Attachments: Privatization II. 7. Contemporary Communities And The Importance Of Location. 8. Ethnicity As A Dividing Field. 9. The Neighbourhood In The Imperfect Past. 10. Urban Bonds: Conclusions. Annex: Research Approach. Notes. References. Index

What is the role of the neighbourhood in our understanding of community and how has this role changed over the last century? Talja Blokland seeks to answer this question in this careful ethnographic study of the changing nature of social relationships and urban communities

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Neighborhoods -- Netherlands-- Rotterdam.
Social integrations--Netherland-- Rotterdam.

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