Cultural Mechanism in Neighborhood Effects Research in the United States

Il contributo discute lo stato attuale della letteratura statunitense sui meccanismi culturali nella ricerca sui neighborhood effects. In primo luogo si definisce cosa si intende per effetto quartiere e per meccanismi culturali. Si passa poi in rassegna e si fornisce un’analisi critica di due prospettive teoriche sul contesto culturale dei quartieri svantaggiati che sono esplicitamente integrate nella recente letteratura sui neighborhood effects negli Stati Uniti: la prospettiva della "subcultura deviante" e quella della "eterogeneità culturale". Gli autori hanno poi attinto dalla letteratura americana sugli studi urbani, dalla sociologia culturale su cultura e diseguaglianza per proporre alcune concettualizzazioni che possono rivelarsi utili nell’accrescere la comprensione del ruolo della cultura nei neighborhood effects. Infine si discutono le questioni concettuali e metodologiche che dovranno essere affrontate per un avanzamento delle riflessioni sul tema e si conclude offrendo proposte concrete, sia a breve che a lungo termine, per un’agenda di ricerca.

Keywords: Poverty, Neighborhood, Culture, Mechanism, Repertoire, Heterogeneity.

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David J. Harding, Peter Hepburn, Cultural mechanisms in neighborhood effects research in the united states in "SOCIOLOGIA URBANA E RURALE" 103/2014, pp 37-73, DOI: 10.3280/SUR2014-103004