Manufacturing structural inequalities and the creation of action spaces: A qualitative pilot study on the situation of recognized refugees in peripheral spaces [Von der Herstellung struktureller Ungleichheiten und der Erschaffung neuer Handlungsräume: Eine qualitative Pilotstudie zur Situation anerkannter Flüchtlinge in peripheren Räumen]

Osterreichische Zeitschrift fur Soziologie
Volume 41, 2016, Pages 47-61

Manufacturing structural inequalities and the creation of action spaces: A qualitative pilot study on the situation of recognized refugees in peripheral spaces [Von der Herstellung struktureller Ungleichheiten und der Erschaffung neuer Handlungsräume: Eine qualitative Pilotstudie zur Situation anerkannter Flüchtlinge in peripheren Räumen] (Article) (Open Access)

Scheibelhofer E. , Luimpöck S.*

^a Department Soziales, FH Burgenland, Campus 1, Eisenstadt, 7000, Austria
^b Institut für Soziologie, Universität Wien, Rooseveltplatz 2, Wien, 1090, Austria

Abstract

The focus of this contribution is on the question in which circumstances of everyday life refugees are living in peripheral regions after receiving asylum in Austria. The few existing studies and first own investigations (in the context of project preparation) lead to the assumption that complex and heterogeneous circumstances of everyday life are to be seen in relation to social inequalities specifically harming the positioning of migrants. Nevertheless, the two case studies presented also show how individuals forge out spaces of action in spite of these unfavorable structural conditions. © 2016, The Author(s).

Author Keywords

Action spaces Qualitative case studies Peripheral spaces Social inequality Refugees

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84994806866&doi=10.1007%2fs11614-016-0243-5&partnerID=40&md5=6fad554ef01a7ced4d01025848b3227f

DOI: 10.1007/s11614-016-0243-5

ISSN: 10110070

Cited by: 2

Original Language: German