Sarah Hackett
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- January 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780719083174
- eISBN:
- 9781781706251
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7228/manchester/9780719083174.003.0003
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Cultural Studies
This chapter seeks to go beyond the historically and historiographically insistent claims of ‘poor quality council housing’ and ‘ghettoisation’, and highlights the often neglected role that ...
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This chapter seeks to go beyond the historically and historiographically insistent claims of ‘poor quality council housing’ and ‘ghettoisation’, and highlights the often neglected role that immigrants themselves play in moulding their own residential patterns. It asserts that whilst a significant proportion of both cities’ Muslim immigrant communities have traditionally resided in ethnic neighbourhoods, this has not necessarily been the result of a lack of integration. Whilst Newcastle's immigrants attained residential autonomy from as early as the 1960s, those in Bremen were only permitted to move onto the local housing market after having first experienced the confinement of their respective employer in the form of company barracks. As time passed, however, the housing traits of both minorities merged in that they often chose to live in established ethnic areas and in their own properties. The chapter also exposes some of the difficulties encountered, including overcrowding and discrimination.Less
This chapter seeks to go beyond the historically and historiographically insistent claims of ‘poor quality council housing’ and ‘ghettoisation’, and highlights the often neglected role that immigrants themselves play in moulding their own residential patterns. It asserts that whilst a significant proportion of both cities’ Muslim immigrant communities have traditionally resided in ethnic neighbourhoods, this has not necessarily been the result of a lack of integration. Whilst Newcastle's immigrants attained residential autonomy from as early as the 1960s, those in Bremen were only permitted to move onto the local housing market after having first experienced the confinement of their respective employer in the form of company barracks. As time passed, however, the housing traits of both minorities merged in that they often chose to live in established ethnic areas and in their own properties. The chapter also exposes some of the difficulties encountered, including overcrowding and discrimination.
