Rubbing shoulders in the global city : refugees, citizenship and multicultural alliances in Fairfield, Sydney

Greg Gow

Rubbing shoulders in the global city : refugees, citizenship and multicultural alliances in Fairfield, Sydney

Greg Gow

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Abstract

This article investigates how recently arrived refugees living in Fairfield ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢"šÂ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ the most culturally diverse locality in Sydney ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢"šÂ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ relate to citizenship and experience belonging in a global city context, where different people are compelled to live side by side. Extending AngÃƒÂ¢Ã¢"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢s notion of ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢"šÂ¬Ã‹Å“togetherness in differenceÃƒÂ¢Ã¢"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢, the discussion explores the formation of horizontal alliances in a multicultural locality. Two small-scale empirical examples demonstrate how locations for citizenship are actualized outside the frame of the nation state, and signal the contours of a progressive multicultural politics, in this case, neighbours collectively dealing with landlord authorities, and young people discussing their encounters with AustraliaÃƒÂ¢Ã¢"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢s immigration regime.

Original language	English
Number of pages	20
Journal	Ethnicities
Publication status	Published - 2005

Keywords

Fairfield (N.S.W.)
citizenship
cultural pluralism
emigration and immigration
globalization
refugees

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Rubbing shoulders in the global city : refugees, citizenship and multicultural alliances in Fairfield, Sydney

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