Conflicting Experiences With Welcoming Encounters
Narratives of Newly Arrived Refugees in the Netherlands
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13054585 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Younes Younes (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, corresponding author), H Ghorashi (0000-0003-0157-7525, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), Elena Ponzoni (0009-0006-9954-2409, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 222-231 |
| Publication date | 2021-12-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Inclusion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2183-2803 • E-ISSN: 2183-2803 |
| Publisher | Cogitatio (PUBLISHER • PT) |
| DOI | 10.17645/si.v9i4.4509 |
| OpenAlex | W4200435584 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 29 |
Personal networks can be both enabling and constraining in inclusion practices. This study focuses on the contribution of a particular neighborhood initiative for refugees in Amsterdam. Earlier studies have shown that in the specific context of the Netherlands’ welfare state, institutional or citizen initiatives can constrain the actual inclusion of refugees. These studies argue that good intentions do not necessarily lead to inclusion because hierarchal relations reproduce subtle exclusionary structures that limit refugees’ inclusion as equals. Yet, building social contacts with locals is essential for inclusion. This article shows the simultaneous presence of inclusion and exclusion by engaging with narratives from Syrian refugees participating in a six‐month housing project initiated in an Amsterdam neighborhood. Residents and volunteers shared responsibilities for organizing daily life in the project. The result was an unexpected combination of Granovetter’s weak and strong ties, what we call “hybrid ties,” that were embedded within neighborhood dynamics and networks. Despite occasional clashes in expectations, this community‐based housing project enabled specific forms of personal relationships (through hybrid ties) that were essential in refugee participants’ later inclusion in the Netherlands
Context (archaeology · Geography · Inclusion (mineral · Inclusion–exclusion principle · Interpersonal ties · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Refugee · Social science · Sociology · State (computer science · Gender Studies · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Migration, Health and Trauma · Migration, Refugees, and Integration
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Refugee Precarity and Collective Transformation
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Doing inclusion as counter-conduct
Doing Things Differently? Potentialities and Limitations for Enacting Radical Cosmopolitanism Among Citizen-led initiatives for Refugees in the Netherlands
Community experiences and aspirations of young Syrian newcomers in a neighborhood in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Refugee Protection and Civil Society in Europe
Sociale media in en rondom de vluchtelingen-noodopvang bij Nijmegen
Social contact and encounter in asylum seeker reception
Dancing with ‘The Other’
Responding to the Dutch Asylum Crisis
The strength of weak ties
Stronger together
Critical Autobiography as Research
Agents of Change or Passive Victims
Giving Silence a Chance
The Economic Returns of Immigrants’ Bonding and Bridging Social Capital
Toxic Ties
A port in a storm
Border skirmishes and the question of belonging
Caught between norm and difference
The Normality and Materiality of the Dominant Discourse
Citizenship as a gift
The Asking Rules of Reciprocity in Networks of Care for Children
The Social Networks, Social Support and Social Capital of Syrian Refugees Privately Sponsored to Settle in Montreal
Biographies and the doubleness of inclusion and exclusion
Kinship, Friendship, and Service Provider Social Ties and How They Influence Well-Being among Newly Resettled Refugees
Reciprocity as a Principle of Exclusion
Home experiences and homemaking practices of single Syrian refugees in an innovative housing project in Amsterdam
The resilience potential of different refugee reception approaches taken during the 'refugee crisis' in Amsterdam
The Strength of Weak Ties
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,4 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |