Immigration, local institutions and socio-spatial conflicts: The case of the Lo Hermida district in Peñalolén
The location of immigrants in Santiago has spread from central and peri-central areas towards the periphery neglected and stigmatized, generating new disputes and territorial margins due to ambivalent institutional discourses of inclusion / exclusion and competition for scarce public benefits. Under...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Spanish |
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Centro Internacional de Estudios Superiores de Comunicación para América Latina (CIESPAL)
2019-01-01
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| Series: | Chasqui |
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| Online Access: | https://revistachasqui.org/index.php/chasqui/article/view/3573 |
| Summary: | The location of immigrants in Santiago has spread from central and peri-central areas towards the periphery neglected and stigmatized, generating new disputes and territorial margins due to ambivalent institutional discourses of inclusion / exclusion and competition for scarce public benefits. Under 'new racism', traditional spaces of exclusion show new nuances of marginality, such as the Lo Hermida district in Peñalolén. Based on a case study, there is an analysis of the action and inaction of local institutions in the construction of socio-spatial conflicts between immigrants and the native population. There are problems of relegation in benefits, exclusive access to housing, and informal work, which denotes a hyper-precarization of immigration and a racialized geography of the conflict. |
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| ISSN: | 1390-1079 1390-924X |