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Re-identifying residential mixing: emergent identity dynamics between incomers and existing residents in a mixed neighbourhood in Northern Ireland
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posted on 2023-06-09, 15:07 authored by Clifford Stevenson, Niamh McNamara, Blerina Kellezi, Matthew EasterbrookMatthew Easterbrook, Ian Shuttleworth, Deborah HydenResearch on residential diversification has neglected its impact on neighbourhood identity and overlooked the very different identity-related experiences of new and existing residents. The present research examines how incoming and established group members relate to their changing neighbourhood in the increasingly desegregated city of Belfast, Northern Ireland. Thematic analysis of interviews with 24 residents (12 Protestant long-term residents, 12 Catholic incomers) from an increasingly mixed neighbourhood identified asymmetrical concerns and experiences: Incomers reported undergoing an ‘identity transition’ between local communities, while long-term residents faced an ‘identity merger’ within their neighbourhood. Where their identity concerns diverged, emergent intergroup perceptions of the residents were negative and divisive; where they accorded, positive intergroup perceptions and a shared neighbourhood identity evolved. From this, we propose a Social Identity Model of Residential Diversification (SIMRD) to encourage future research into how different identity concerns shape emergent intergroup dynamics between long-term residents and incomers within diversifying neighbourhoods.
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European Journal of Social PsychologyISSN
0046-2772Publisher
WileyExternal DOI
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2Volume
49Page range
413-428Department affiliated with
- Psychology Publications
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2018-09-14First Open Access (FOA) Date
2019-07-30First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2018-09-14Usage metrics
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