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The ‘distinctiveness of cities’ and distinctions in cities: boundaries of belonging in comparative perspective

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  • Marlon Barbehön
  • Sybille Münch

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It is in cities where people are most strongly confronted with diversity in an ‘age of migration’. However, comparisons of local integration contexts usually take ethnic boundaries as given or assume that they are constituted by the nation state. Our analysis of local discourses challenges this methodological nationalism. Departing from the ‘distinctiveness of cities’ approach, we scrutinise how Frankfurt, Dortmund, Birmingham and Glasgow differ in how diversity is discursively constructed. We maintain that the discourses not only reflect different frames in dealing with diversity but also serve as a proxy for debating the self-image of the city.

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  • Marlon Barbehön & Sybille Münch, 2016. "The ‘distinctiveness of cities’ and distinctions in cities: boundaries of belonging in comparative perspective," Urban Research & Practice, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 9(1), pages 37-55, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rurpxx:v:9:y:2016:i:1:p:37-55
    DOI: 10.1080/17535069.2015.1037342
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    1. Marc Helbling, 2010. "Public debates on integration and immigration in six West European countries ," EUI-RSCAS Working Papers 22, European University Institute (EUI), Robert Schuman Centre of Advanced Studies (RSCAS).
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