Making of Place and People in the Danish Metropolis - A Sociohistory of Copenhagen North West

List of contents

Introduction Part 1: Constructing the North West 1. Making a Working Class Neighbourhood 2. The Stigmatised Territory: The Worst Place in the Country 3. Between Ghetto and Gentrification 4. The Social Power of Classifications Part 2: Pedagogisation of Urban Marginality 5. Institutionalisation and Spatialisation of Pedagogy 6. Symbolic Boundaries of the Welfare State 7. Spatial (De)Alienation and (De)Stigmatization Part 3: Lived Experiences 8. Memories of Utterslev Mark 9. Contemporary Distinctions 10. Coping with Territorial Stigmatisation 11. Everyday Struggles and Battles of Belonging Conclusion: The Intricate History of Place and People

About the author

Christian Sandbjerg Hansen is Associate Professor, Sociology of Education at the Danish School of Education, Aarhus University, Denmark.

Summary

This book investigates the spatial, social and symbolic making and remaking of place and people in the Danish metropolis, drawing upon empirical analysis to illuminate the entangled social history of Copenhagen North West over the last 125 years.

Product details

• Authors: Christian Sandbjerg Hansen, Christian Sandbjerg (Aarhus University Hansen
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2021
• EAN: 9780367535056
• ISBN: 978-0-367-53505-6
• No. of pages: 218
• Series: Routledge Studies in Urban Sociology
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; Denmark, Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Copenhagen, Urban communities