How Ethnic Mobilization Leads to Neighborhood Inclusion
Chinese Residents’ Collective Action Against Insecurity
从族群动员迈向社区融合: 巴黎华人居民的反暴力集体行动
Abstract
This article compares various collective actions carried out by ethnic Chinese residents against violence in their communities, and the negotiations these residents initiated with local authorities on this issue, in two suburbs of Paris, Aubervilliers and La Courneuve. Although French national policy toward immigrant minorities has been guided by the principle of “color-blindness,” some municipalities in the Paris region have gradually recognized the increasing diversity of their populations, and have incorporated the vocabulary of multiculturalism in their local governance. Consequently, the municipalities’ different approaches to identifying and coping with violence against Chinese residents vary according to how they perceive the diversity of local residents, and according to inter-ethnic relations in those areas. We consider that the different degrees of recognition with regard to Chinese communities within the two municipalities have affected the consequences of the Chinese residents’ collective actions, and their sense of inclusion in the cities where they live. Beyond the appearance of inter-ethnic conflicts, our comparative study demonstrates the intersectional cause of violence against the Chinese population—especially with regard to the disparities, both social and spatial, among Chinese residents themselves.
提要
本文比较巴黎两个郊区的华人居民针对街区暴力抢劫所采取的集体行动。这些集体行动一方面抗议暴力抢劫，另一方面寻求与当地政府的合作。随着移民群体的增加和多样化，部分城市逐渐将多元文化政策纳入本地的治理之中。两个城市对待华裔族群的不同政策影响了华人居民的动员方式和结果，并影响了他们对所居地的融入感。通过对两个郊区的比较研究，本文凸显了在族群纷争的表象下，社会经济与空间的不平等如何塑造了暴力抢劫现象及可能的回应。
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How Ethnic Mobilization Leads to Neighborhood Inclusion
Chinese Residents’ Collective Action Against Insecurity
从族群动员迈向社区融合: 巴黎华人居民的反暴力集体行动
Abstract
This article compares various collective actions carried out by ethnic Chinese residents against violence in their communities, and the negotiations these residents initiated with local authorities on this issue, in two suburbs of Paris, Aubervilliers and La Courneuve. Although French national policy toward immigrant minorities has been guided by the principle of “color-blindness,” some municipalities in the Paris region have gradually recognized the increasing diversity of their populations, and have incorporated the vocabulary of multiculturalism in their local governance. Consequently, the municipalities’ different approaches to identifying and coping with violence against Chinese residents vary according to how they perceive the diversity of local residents, and according to inter-ethnic relations in those areas. We consider that the different degrees of recognition with regard to Chinese communities within the two municipalities have affected the consequences of the Chinese residents’ collective actions, and their sense of inclusion in the cities where they live. Beyond the appearance of inter-ethnic conflicts, our comparative study demonstrates the intersectional cause of violence against the Chinese population—especially with regard to the disparities, both social and spatial, among Chinese residents themselves.
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