Inter-group Relations and Migrant Integration in European Cities: Changing Neighbourhoods

Abstract

This is a book about social change in European cities as brought about by interna- tional migration. Among the many aspects of such long and complex waves of transformations what interests us in particular is how relations are structured and how they evolve in different and increasingly diverse local societies. The main research questions addressed in this book are thus the following ones: why do origin- based categories emerge much more clearly and powerfully as practical and symbolical boundaries in certain local contexts rather than in others within the same national and regional space or even within the same city? How much do urban con- texts count in shaping inter-group relations and specifi cally in making ethnic cate- gories more or less salient?