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Urban Studies, Vol. 45, No. 7, 1439-1460 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0042098008090683

The Complex Role of Ethnicity in Urban Mixing: A Study of Two Deprived Neighbourhoods in Amsterdam

Peer Smets

Department of Sociology, VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1081, Amsterdam, 1081 HV, The Netherlands, PGSM.Smets{at}fsw.vu.nl

Marion den Uyl

Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1081c, Amsterdam, 1081 HV, The Netherlands, MHG.den.Uyl{at}fsw.vu.nl

In the US and western Europe, mixing policies are widespread. They aim to differentiate various income-groups in deprived neighbourhoods. By constructing `expensive' housing units, the middle classes are encouraged to settle in these neighbourhoods and consequently a concentration of low-income-groups is circumscribed. Such a new population composition is assumed to lead to an improved quality of life in the neighbourhood concerned. However, insufficient attention is paid to ethnicity and interethnic dynamics; these aspects will be elaborated on in two case studies of deprived and ethnically differentiated neighbourhoods in Amsterdam. Furthermore, this paper will also explore the impact of ethnic differences and perceptions on the social contacts and interactions between various ethnic groups of residents.


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