Gina Netto
Biographic Data
| ID | 260429 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gina Netto |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gina |
| FAMILY NAME | Netto |
| SIGNATURE | NETTO G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Heriot-Watt University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7552-5683 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 78 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Migration, Access to Social Housing and Reflexivity
The disadvantaged position of racialised minorities in accessing the UK’s social housing sector has been extensively documented in previous research, with evidence dating back to the 1960s. However, the specific challenges encountered by migrants remain under-researched. Further, attention has focused on the agency of migrants rather than the reflexivity which underpins the actions they can take. These gaps limit understanding of the extent to wh…
Digital Primary Care Services, Procedural Justice and Intersectionality
Healthcare systems in many international contexts have been rapidly digitalised in recent years. Yet, despite the significant transformation of such systems and well-documented evidence of ethnic inequalities in the use of health services, the consequences of such changes on fairness in decision-making processes or procedural justice for racially minoritised people have been under-explored. Further, little attention has been paid to the influence…
Resilience, smartphone use and language among urban refugees in the Global south
The formidable challenges faced by urban refugees in the Global South have received considerable attention, calling for new approaches to support their resilience. Although critical interest in resilience and the role of digital technology in enabling refugees to navigate their new surroundings has been growing, little attention has been paid to the influence of language and literacy in processes of resilience-building and the use of such technol…
Intersectionality, identity work and migrant progression from low‐paid work
This article contributes to developing intersectionality theory by deepening understanding of how patriarchy and racism interact with other structural factors to influence low‐paid migrants’ progression attempts. Using a critical realist approach and analysing interviews of 31 female and male migrants employed in five large organizations in Scotland and England, we reveal how major structural factors influence their main forms of identity work an…
Dominant Language Acquisition in Destination Countries
This article advances understanding of the structural and agentic factors which influence how migrants in low-paid work reflexively acquire the dominant language of destination countries. Bourdieu's theories on the symbolic power of language and habitus, and theories of reflexivity by Archer and others underpin our analysis of how migrants acquire English in the UK. Analysis of data generated from in-depth qualitative interviews with 31 migrants …
Introduction
Recent major political developments, including Brexit and the US presidential elections, have been strongly associated with public concerns around levels of immigration. Much of this has centred on the role of migrants in the low-skilled sectors of the economy and concerns that they have displaced members of local communities from jobs and depressed wage levels. This is despite compelling evidence that immigrants rarely take jobs from native work…
Migration and Differential Labour Market Participation
Extensive research in a number of disciplines, including economics, social policy, sociology, geography and management have been undertaken relating to migrant participation in the labour market. Given the highly topical nature of migrant employment in Western Europe and the US, the aim of this brief review is to draw together some of the more recent attempts to theorise on the presence of migrants in the labour market, discuss some of the recurr…
Ethnicity and low wage traps
This article analyses the relationship between cultural difference, social connections and opportunity structures using interview evidence from low-paid workers and managers in local government, the health service, facilities management and housing. Exploring the operation of homosocial reproduction it reveals the double-edged nature of informality and the role of favouritism in particular in perpetuating ethnic advantage and privilege. While dem…
Adapting health promotion interventions for ethnic minority groups
Adaptation of health interventions has garnered international support across academic disciplines and among various health organizations. Through semi-structured interviews, we sought to explore and understand the perspectives of 26 health researchers and promoters located in the USA, UK, Australia, New Zealand and Norway, working with ethnic minority populations, specifically African-, South Asian- and Chinese-origin populations in the areas of …
Migration, Ethnicity and Progression from Low-Paid Work
Migration plays an important role in determining skills supply, and certain ethnic groups tend to be over-represented in low-paid work. This article considers the implications of the complex interplay of migration, ethnicity and workplace progression for skills policy by comparing and contrasting the opportunities faced by low-paid workers of diverse ethnicities in progressing to better paid work. This is done by drawing on a qualitative study of…
Disparate patterns of hospitalisation reflect unmet needs and persistent ethnic inequalities in mental health care
Our data show disparate patterns of psychiatric hospitalisations by ethnic group in Scotland providing new observations concerning the mental health care experience of Chinese, Mixed background and White subgroups not fully explained by socioeconomic indicators. For South Asian and Chinese groups in particular, our data indicate under and late utilisation of mental health services. These data call for monitoring and review of services
Racial Harassment in Social Housing in a Multi-ethnic City
Progress in dealing with racial harassment and violence, including among social landlords, has been limited. Situating racial harassment within the current context of hate crime, this paper synthesises insights from studies into community cohesion, the sociology of racist victimisation and criminology research, and extensive qualitative research carried out in Glasgow. Issues examined include: the relationship between fear of racial harassment an…
Capacity building in the minority ethnic voluntary sector
Changing trends in governance have contributed to the development of ‘capacity-building initiatives’ in the third sector to enable them to take a greater role in partnership approaches, service delivery and social entrepreneurship. However, analysts have argued that such initiatives are more likely to serve the interests of professionalised welfare groups rather than engage with communities’ own skills and interests. Drawing on in-depth individua…
P48 Modifying health promotion interventions for ethnic minority groups
Background Some UK ethnic minority groups experience disproportionate levels of morbidity and mortality when compared with the majority White population. For these populations, access to and use of health promotion interventions may be limited. Adaptation of smoking cessation, physical activity and nutrition interventions of proven effectiveness for the majority population could represent an efficient strategy for reducing persistent health inequ…
P49 Modifying health promotion interventions for ethnic minority groups
Background Health promotion interventions have proved to be cost-effective strategies to reduce morbidity and mortality associated with smoking, physical inactivity and poor diet in the general population. Some ethnic minority groups are disproportionately affected by these lifestyle factors, and existing evidence suggests that adapting evidence-based health promotion interventions for these populations may prove to be an effective strategy to ta…
Identity Negotiation, Pathways to Housing and “Place”
The links between how individuals construct and negotiate identity as they navigate their way through the housing system and "place" have, to date, not been explicitly articulated. Yet, greater understanding of such links is important given the significance of location of housing in decision‐making processes and the often close relationship between "who we are" and "where we are". The site of the current study is the city of Glasgow, one of the m…
Preventing Homelessness due to Domestic Violence
Domestic violence has been recognized as a major contributory factor to homelessness in the UK and elsewhere, with women more likely to be affected. In the UK and other countries undergoing welfare reform, moves toward ‘active citizenship’ increase the complexity of the relationship between states and citizens and open up new strategies for both. However, analysts have noted some strategies can create new forms of inequality, including gender‐bas…
Multiculturalism in the Devolved Context
This article contributes to theorizing on multiculturalism by countering some previously identified criticisms of the notion of minority integration through cultural recognition. This is achieved by drawing on empirical evidence on identity construction and negotiation by minority ethnic communities through engagement in the arts.The socio-political context of the study is devolved Scotland, where multiculturalism is entangled with issues of nati…
Vulnerability to Homelessness, Use of Services and Homelessness Prevention in Black and Minority Ethnic Communities
Despite the high prominence of homelessness on the housing policy agenda and evidence that a disproportionate number of people affected by homelessness come from black and minority ethnic (BME) communities, little is known about patterns of access and use of homelessness services in these communities. This paper seeks to fill the gap, by drawing on qualitative and quantitative research recently conducted in Scotland, and relevant literature. Firs…
Partners in Name Only? The Involvement of Black/Minority Ethnic Voluntary Organisations in Coordinated Approaches to Tackling Racial Harassment
Studies into multi-agency approaches to tackling racial harassment have found that one of the weaknesses of the approach resides in the lack of effective involvement of black and minority ethnic organisations. This article examines the policy and procedural responses of key statutory and voluntary organisations, including black/minority ethnic agencies and considers the ways in which the particular expertise and experience of the latter may be ma…
Identity Negotiation, Pathways to Housing and “Place”
The links between how individuals construct and negotiate identity as they navigate their way through the housing system and "place" have, to date, not been explicitly articulated. Yet, greater understanding of such links is important given the significance of location of housing in decision‐making processes and the often close relationship between "who we are" and "where we are". The site of the current study is the city of Glasgow, one of the m…
Resilience, smartphone use and language among urban refugees in the Global south
The formidable challenges faced by urban refugees in the Global South have received considerable attention, calling for new approaches to support their resilience. Although critical interest in resilience and the role of digital technology in enabling refugees to navigate their new surroundings has been growing, little attention has been paid to the influence of language and literacy in processes of resilience-building and the use of such technol…
Ethnicity and low wage traps
This article analyses the relationship between cultural difference, social connections and opportunity structures using interview evidence from low-paid workers and managers in local government, the health service, facilities management and housing. Exploring the operation of homosocial reproduction it reveals the double-edged nature of informality and the role of favouritism in particular in perpetuating ethnic advantage and privilege. While dem…
Intersectionality, identity work and migrant progression from low‐paid work
This article contributes to developing intersectionality theory by deepening understanding of how patriarchy and racism interact with other structural factors to influence low‐paid migrants’ progression attempts. Using a critical realist approach and analysing interviews of 31 female and male migrants employed in five large organizations in Scotland and England, we reveal how major structural factors influence their main forms of identity work an…
Multiculturalism in the Devolved Context
This article contributes to theorizing on multiculturalism by countering some previously identified criticisms of the notion of minority integration through cultural recognition. This is achieved by drawing on empirical evidence on identity construction and negotiation by minority ethnic communities through engagement in the arts.The socio-political context of the study is devolved Scotland, where multiculturalism is entangled with issues of nati…
Dominant Language Acquisition in Destination Countries
This article advances understanding of the structural and agentic factors which influence how migrants in low-paid work reflexively acquire the dominant language of destination countries. Bourdieu's theories on the symbolic power of language and habitus, and theories of reflexivity by Archer and others underpin our analysis of how migrants acquire English in the UK. Analysis of data generated from in-depth qualitative interviews with 31 migrants …
Vulnerability to Homelessness, Use of Services and Homelessness Prevention in Black and Minority Ethnic Communities
Despite the high prominence of homelessness on the housing policy agenda and evidence that a disproportionate number of people affected by homelessness come from black and minority ethnic (BME) communities, little is known about patterns of access and use of homelessness services in these communities. This paper seeks to fill the gap, by drawing on qualitative and quantitative research recently conducted in Scotland, and relevant literature. Firs…
Disparate patterns of hospitalisation reflect unmet needs and persistent ethnic inequalities in mental health care
Our data show disparate patterns of psychiatric hospitalisations by ethnic group in Scotland providing new observations concerning the mental health care experience of Chinese, Mixed background and White subgroups not fully explained by socioeconomic indicators. For South Asian and Chinese groups in particular, our data indicate under and late utilisation of mental health services. These data call for monitoring and review of services
Preventing Homelessness due to Domestic Violence
Domestic violence has been recognized as a major contributory factor to homelessness in the UK and elsewhere, with women more likely to be affected. In the UK and other countries undergoing welfare reform, moves toward ‘active citizenship’ increase the complexity of the relationship between states and citizens and open up new strategies for both. However, analysts have noted some strategies can create new forms of inequality, including gender‐bas…
Migration, Ethnicity and Progression from Low-Paid Work
Migration plays an important role in determining skills supply, and certain ethnic groups tend to be over-represented in low-paid work. This article considers the implications of the complex interplay of migration, ethnicity and workplace progression for skills policy by comparing and contrasting the opportunities faced by low-paid workers of diverse ethnicities in progressing to better paid work. This is done by drawing on a qualitative study of…
Racial Harassment in Social Housing in a Multi-ethnic City
Progress in dealing with racial harassment and violence, including among social landlords, has been limited. Situating racial harassment within the current context of hate crime, this paper synthesises insights from studies into community cohesion, the sociology of racist victimisation and criminology research, and extensive qualitative research carried out in Glasgow. Issues examined include: the relationship between fear of racial harassment an…
Partners in Name Only? The Involvement of Black/Minority Ethnic Voluntary Organisations in Coordinated Approaches to Tackling Racial Harassment
Studies into multi-agency approaches to tackling racial harassment have found that one of the weaknesses of the approach resides in the lack of effective involvement of black and minority ethnic organisations. This article examines the policy and procedural responses of key statutory and voluntary organisations, including black/minority ethnic agencies and considers the ways in which the particular expertise and experience of the latter may be ma…
Vulnerability to Homelessness, Use of Services and Homelessness Prevention in Black and Minority Ethnic Communities
Despite the high prominence of homelessness on the housing policy agenda and evidence that a disproportionate number of people affected by homelessness come from black and minority ethnic (BME) communities, little is known about patterns of access and use of homelessness services in these communities. This paper seeks to fill the gap, by drawing on qualitative and quantitative research recently conducted in Scotland, and relevant literature. Firs…
Multiculturalism in the Devolved Context
This article contributes to theorizing on multiculturalism by countering some previously identified criticisms of the notion of minority integration through cultural recognition. This is achieved by drawing on empirical evidence on identity construction and negotiation by minority ethnic communities through engagement in the arts.The socio-political context of the study is devolved Scotland, where multiculturalism is entangled with issues of nati…
Preventing Homelessness due to Domestic Violence
Domestic violence has been recognized as a major contributory factor to homelessness in the UK and elsewhere, with women more likely to be affected. In the UK and other countries undergoing welfare reform, moves toward ‘active citizenship’ increase the complexity of the relationship between states and citizens and open up new strategies for both. However, analysts have noted some strategies can create new forms of inequality, including gender‐bas…
P48 Modifying health promotion interventions for ethnic minority groups
Background Some UK ethnic minority groups experience disproportionate levels of morbidity and mortality when compared with the majority White population. For these populations, access to and use of health promotion interventions may be limited. Adaptation of smoking cessation, physical activity and nutrition interventions of proven effectiveness for the majority population could represent an efficient strategy for reducing persistent health inequ…
P49 Modifying health promotion interventions for ethnic minority groups
Background Health promotion interventions have proved to be cost-effective strategies to reduce morbidity and mortality associated with smoking, physical inactivity and poor diet in the general population. Some ethnic minority groups are disproportionately affected by these lifestyle factors, and existing evidence suggests that adapting evidence-based health promotion interventions for these populations may prove to be an effective strategy to ta…
Identity Negotiation, Pathways to Housing and “Place”
The links between how individuals construct and negotiate identity as they navigate their way through the housing system and "place" have, to date, not been explicitly articulated. Yet, greater understanding of such links is important given the significance of location of housing in decision‐making processes and the often close relationship between "who we are" and "where we are". The site of the current study is the city of Glasgow, one of the m…
Capacity building in the minority ethnic voluntary sector
Changing trends in governance have contributed to the development of ‘capacity-building initiatives’ in the third sector to enable them to take a greater role in partnership approaches, service delivery and social entrepreneurship. However, analysts have argued that such initiatives are more likely to serve the interests of professionalised welfare groups rather than engage with communities’ own skills and interests. Drawing on in-depth individua…
Disparate patterns of hospitalisation reflect unmet needs and persistent ethnic inequalities in mental health care
Our data show disparate patterns of psychiatric hospitalisations by ethnic group in Scotland providing new observations concerning the mental health care experience of Chinese, Mixed background and White subgroups not fully explained by socioeconomic indicators. For South Asian and Chinese groups in particular, our data indicate under and late utilisation of mental health services. These data call for monitoring and review of services
Racial Harassment in Social Housing in a Multi-ethnic City
Progress in dealing with racial harassment and violence, including among social landlords, has been limited. Situating racial harassment within the current context of hate crime, this paper synthesises insights from studies into community cohesion, the sociology of racist victimisation and criminology research, and extensive qualitative research carried out in Glasgow. Issues examined include: the relationship between fear of racial harassment an…
Migration, Ethnicity and Progression from Low-Paid Work
Migration plays an important role in determining skills supply, and certain ethnic groups tend to be over-represented in low-paid work. This article considers the implications of the complex interplay of migration, ethnicity and workplace progression for skills policy by comparing and contrasting the opportunities faced by low-paid workers of diverse ethnicities in progressing to better paid work. This is done by drawing on a qualitative study of…
Adapting health promotion interventions for ethnic minority groups
Adaptation of health interventions has garnered international support across academic disciplines and among various health organizations. Through semi-structured interviews, we sought to explore and understand the perspectives of 26 health researchers and promoters located in the USA, UK, Australia, New Zealand and Norway, working with ethnic minority populations, specifically African-, South Asian- and Chinese-origin populations in the areas of …
Introduction
Recent major political developments, including Brexit and the US presidential elections, have been strongly associated with public concerns around levels of immigration. Much of this has centred on the role of migrants in the low-skilled sectors of the economy and concerns that they have displaced members of local communities from jobs and depressed wage levels. This is despite compelling evidence that immigrants rarely take jobs from native work…
Migration and Differential Labour Market Participation
Extensive research in a number of disciplines, including economics, social policy, sociology, geography and management have been undertaken relating to migrant participation in the labour market. Given the highly topical nature of migrant employment in Western Europe and the US, the aim of this brief review is to draw together some of the more recent attempts to theorise on the presence of migrants in the labour market, discuss some of the recurr…
Ethnicity and low wage traps
This article analyses the relationship between cultural difference, social connections and opportunity structures using interview evidence from low-paid workers and managers in local government, the health service, facilities management and housing. Exploring the operation of homosocial reproduction it reveals the double-edged nature of informality and the role of favouritism in particular in perpetuating ethnic advantage and privilege. While dem…
Dominant Language Acquisition in Destination Countries
This article advances understanding of the structural and agentic factors which influence how migrants in low-paid work reflexively acquire the dominant language of destination countries. Bourdieu's theories on the symbolic power of language and habitus, and theories of reflexivity by Archer and others underpin our analysis of how migrants acquire English in the UK. Analysis of data generated from in-depth qualitative interviews with 31 migrants …
Intersectionality, identity work and migrant progression from low‐paid work
This article contributes to developing intersectionality theory by deepening understanding of how patriarchy and racism interact with other structural factors to influence low‐paid migrants’ progression attempts. Using a critical realist approach and analysing interviews of 31 female and male migrants employed in five large organizations in Scotland and England, we reveal how major structural factors influence their main forms of identity work an…
Resilience, smartphone use and language among urban refugees in the Global south
The formidable challenges faced by urban refugees in the Global South have received considerable attention, calling for new approaches to support their resilience. Although critical interest in resilience and the role of digital technology in enabling refugees to navigate their new surroundings has been growing, little attention has been paid to the influence of language and literacy in processes of resilience-building and the use of such technol…
Digital Primary Care Services, Procedural Justice and Intersectionality
Healthcare systems in many international contexts have been rapidly digitalised in recent years. Yet, despite the significant transformation of such systems and well-documented evidence of ethnic inequalities in the use of health services, the consequences of such changes on fairness in decision-making processes or procedural justice for racially minoritised people have been under-explored. Further, little attention has been paid to the influence…
Migration, Access to Social Housing and Reflexivity
The disadvantaged position of racialised minorities in accessing the UK’s social housing sector has been extensively documented in previous research, with evidence dating back to the 1960s. However, the specific challenges encountered by migrants remain under-researched. Further, attention has focused on the agency of migrants rather than the reflexivity which underpins the actions they can take. These gaps limit understanding of the extent to wh…
Political science (15 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Ethnic group (11 works) · Gender Studies (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Economics (6 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Social science (6 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (5 works)