1st Edition

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

By Christian Sandbjerg Hansen Copyright 2021
230 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

230 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

230 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book investigates the sociohistorical making of place and people in Copenhagen from around 1900 to the present day. Drawing inspiration from Pierre Bourdieu’s sociology of social space and symbolic power, and from Loïc Wacquant’s hypothesis of advanced marginality and territorial stigmatisation, the book explores the genesis and development of the notorious neighbourhood of Copenhagen North... Read more

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

Biography

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