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Governing stigmatised space: the case of the ‘slums’ of Berlin-Neukölln

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  • Susanne Soederberg

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Spatial stigmatisation – naming spaces with high concentration of poverty as a slum or ghetto – has been well covered in the critical urban geography and sociological debates. Yet, these discussions have neglected to theorise the intersection between the production of stigmatised space and the governance of its inhabitants within the context of one of Germany’s most stigmatised boroughs. By situating Berlin-Neukölln within historical processes of capital accumulation, I show how the discursive, institutional and material practices of neoliberal social policies have played a central, albeit contradictory, role in (re-)producing stigmatise spaces and subjects along racialised, gendered and class lines. This is particularly evident with regard to neoliberal governance strategies that employ and apply the power of public money to repress and integrate impoverished workers into contemporary capitalist society, or what I refer to as the ‘monetisation of socio-spatial reproduction’.

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  • Susanne Soederberg, 2017. "Governing stigmatised space: the case of the ‘slums’ of Berlin-Neukölln," New Political Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 22(5), pages 478-495, September.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:cnpexx:v:22:y:2017:i:5:p:478-495
    DOI: 10.1080/13563467.2017.1240671
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