Selling Ethnic Neighborhoods

Selling Ethnic Neighborhoods
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 306
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ISBN-10 : 9781136587702
ISBN-13 : 1136587705
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Book Synopsis Selling Ethnic Neighborhoods by : Volkan Aytar

Download or read book Selling Ethnic Neighborhoods written by Volkan Aytar and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-03-12 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While ethnic neighborhoods are usually associated with poverty, crime and social problems, they have also emerged as places of leisure and consumption, providing opportunities for numerous entrepreneurs and employees. Local and national governments and other regulatory actors, as well as the media, have started to see and promote these neighborhoods as urban attractions for tourists, city dwellers and others. This book aims to analyze the roles of ethnic entrepreneurs and their associations and governments, and - by extension - of consumers and other actors in the rise of ethnic neighborhoods as places of leisure and consumption. Through case studies, it situates those neighborhoods at the edge of different theoretical debates about urban political economy and the politics of culture, and seeks a dynamic synergy between both.


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