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Ethnic commercial precincts and ethnic festivals attract
numerous visitors, fuel the job machine, enhance the quality of
urban life, generate urban socio-economic development and foster
the branding of gateway cities in the global knowledge
economy.
The project entails a comparison of manifestations of cultural
diversity by immigrants in a number of gateway cities, and deals
with the question of how these expressions of culture can be
transformed into a vehicle for socio-economic development to the
advantage of both immigrants and the city at large. An additional
aim is to develop a future perspective, addressing issues such as
the emerging knowledge economy, economic regulation, cultural
diversity, entrepreneurial and employment practices, and ethnic
and gender relations. The primary focus of this project is the
role of immigrant entrepreneurs and workers in the emerging
tourist industry as well as their interaction with other actors of
the urban tourist industry. It entails the comparison
of various sites of immigrant commerce and ethnic festivals. The
relative roles of public, private and civil society actors are
important points of attention in this context, as we aim at
identifying best practices.
By addressing this problematic from an interdisciplinary and
comparative perspective, the project aims at a much more thorough
understanding of the structural dynamics of commercial
manifestations of cultural diversity by immigrants, as well as
their impact on immigrants’ connection to the emerging knowledge
economy, and urban socio-economic development in general. This
innovative approach provides new clues for policy interventions.
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Rath, J., A. Bodaar, I. van Liempt & L. Veldboer (2009)
Chinatown, Klein Istanbul of toch maar een doorsneebuurt?
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opkomst van etnisch gethematiseerde winkelgebieden’, pp. 257-266
in C. Brants & S. van der Poel (Red.), Diverse Kwesties. Liber
Amicorum Prof. Dr. Frank Bovenkerk. Den Haag: Boom Juridische
Uitgevers.
Rath, J. (2008) ‘Etnik
mahallelerin yükselişi’, Istanbul Journal of Urban
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in the Land of the Free. The Persistence of Chinatown, Washington
D.C. as a Symbolic Ethnic Enclave’, pp. 191-216 in M. Lounsbury & M.
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Consumption. Working Paper 144. San Diego, CA: University of
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Rath, J. (2007) Het
Mooist van Mokum . Rede uitgesproken ter gelegenheid van de
aanvaarding van het ambt van Hoogleraar in de Sociologie, in het
bijzonder de studie der stad en haar etnische en culturele
verscheidenheid, aan de Faculteit der Maatschappij- en
Gedragswetenschappen van de Universiteit van Amsterdam op vrijdag
de 13de oktober 2006. Amsterdam: Vossiuspers UvA.
Rath, J. (2006) 'Op zoek naar een creatieve klasse. De stad, de publieke ruimte en de culturele
economie’, pp. 171-194 in W. Willems & L. Lucassen (Eds.), De
Krachtige Stad. Een Eeuw Omgang en Ontwijking
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toekomst ligt bij Surigoud en toko Kon-Fa', NRC
Handelsblad, 21 oktober.
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en vertier’, City
Journal, 3, april, pp. 8-13.
Rath, J. (2005) ‘Feeding the
Festive City. Immigrant Entrepreneurs and Tourist Industry’, pp.
238-253 in E. Guild & J. van Selm (Eds.), International
Migration and Security: Opportunities and Challenges. London and
New York: Routledge, 2005.
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A. & J. Rath (2005) ‘Cities, Diversity and Public Space’,
Metropolis World Bulletin, 5, pp. 3-5.
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