Neighbourhood Effects Research: New Perspectives

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: van Ham, Maarten (Editor), Manley, David (Editor), Bailey, Nick (Editor), Simpson, Ludi (Editor), Maclennan, Duncan (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2012.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Medical research.; Geography.; Social policy.; Sociology.; Quality of life.; Human geography.; Social Sciences.; Human Geography.; Geography, general.; Sociology, general.; Social Policy.; Quality of Life Research.

Over the last 25 years a vast body of literature has been published on neighbourhood effects: the idea that living in more deprived neighbourhoods has a negative effect on residents’ life chances over and above the effect of their individual characteristics. The volume of work not only reflects acad...

Table of Contents:

• 1: Introduction: Maarten van Ham, David Manley, Nick Bailey, Ludi Simpson and Duncan Maclennan
• 2: The Mechanism(s) of Neighbourhood Effects: Theory, Evi-dence, and Policy Implications: George C. Galster
• 3: Ethnographic Evidence, Heterogeneity, and Neighbourhood Effects after Moving To Opportunity: Mario L. Small and Jessica Feldman.-4: Understanding neighbourhood effects: selection bias and residential mobility: Lina Hedman and Maarten van Ham
• 5: Social Mix, Reputation and Stigma: Exploring Residents’ Perspectives of Neighbourhood Effects: Kathy Arthurson
• 6: Theorising and Measuring Place in Neighbourhood Effects Research: The Example of Teenage Parenthood in England: Ruth Lupton and Dylan Kneale
• 7: Neighbourhood effects, housing tenure and individual employment outcomes: David Manley and Maarten van Ham
• 8: Neighbourhood social capital and individual mental health: Gindo Tampubolon
• 9: The Notable and the Null: Using Mixed Methods to Under-stand the Diverse Impacts of Residential Mobility Programs: Stefanie DeLuca, Greg J. Duncan, Micere Keels, and Ruby Mendenhall.-  10: School outcomes and neighbourhood effects: a new ap-proach using data from Finland: Venla Bernelius and Timo M. Kauppinen
• 11: Recasting research on ‘neighbourhood effects’: a collabora-tive, participatory, trans-national approach: Michael Darcy and Gabrielle Gwyther
• 12: Are mixed community policies evidence based? A review of the research on neighbourhood effects: Paul Cheshire.