Description

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According to politics and the media, immigration and individualization drive citizens apart but in neighbourhoods social life is often thriving, depending on the talents of particular citizens or of local institutions. This book examines new forms of active citizenship and the actual conditions that hinder social cohesion.

About the Author

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MENNO HURENKAMP is a researcher at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. EVELIEN TONKENS is a professor of Sociology at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.JAN WILLEM DUYVENDAK is a professor of Sociology at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. He has previously published The Politics of Home.