Creating the unequal city: the exclusionary consequences of everyday routines in Berlin

In: Cities and society series

Abstract

Preface -- Introduction: creating the unequal city / Talja Blokland, Carlotta Giustozzi, Daniela Krüger and Hannah Schilling -- Making the city work --Practices of segregation -- Spaces of fear and their exclusionary consequences : narratives and everyday routines of sub-Saharan immigrants in Berlin / Mirjam Lewek -- Secluding : middle class segregation in schools and neighbourhoods / Carlotta Giustozzi, Talja Blokland and Nora Freitag -- Cheating the system to get the best for one's kids : middle class practices and racist marginalization / Talja Blokland and Georg Grosse-Löscher -- In the interest of the child : gendered practices of middle class mothers / Carlotta Giustozzi -- Making the city work -- Dealing with marginalization -- A youth club as site of resources : a girls' alternative to school and family / Imogen Feld -- Loving, sharing and engaging : sub-Saharan immigrants in a pentecostal church / Stephan Simon -- Social ties and the moral orientation of sharing : information-giving among sub-Saharan immigrants in Berlin / Rebecca Arbter -- The square as sanctuary : finding social recognition among urban poor / Daniela Krüger -- Holding on to faith : religion as resource to create capabilities in the face of institutional discrimination / Hannah Schilling -- Conclusion / Talja Blokland -- Appendix