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Belonging in charlotte: multiscalar differences in local immigration politics and policies
Geographical Review (2015)
  • Owen Furuseth
  • Heather Smith
  • Paul N. McDaniel, Kennesaw State University
Abstract
In the context of Charlotte, North Carolina's, emergence as a “globalizing” pre‐emergent immigrant gateway, this paper focuses on a complex and multiscalar set of governmental policies and community‐development dynamics that are shaping localized response to Hispanic/Latino immigration. Specifically, we explore how these policies and dynamics play out spatially in the context of two Charlotte neighborhoods, both of which have similar historical roots and have become magnets for Latino settlement, yet display divergent contemporary place‐making paths. Our exploration reveals the ways in which contexts of receptivity and spaces of both exclusion and inclusion are created by the socio‐spatial components of public policy and the localized response to that policy at the intraurban level. Reinforcing the importance of space and place in the construction of receptivity contexts, the compared stories of Eastside and South Charlotte reveal that neighborhoods are never the product of one transformational force but of many—no matter how they may be perceived in the public imaginary.
Publication Date
Winter January, 2015
Citation Information
Owen Furuseth, Heather Smith and Paul N. McDaniel. "Belonging in charlotte: multiscalar differences in local immigration politics and policies" Geographical Review Vol. 105 Iss. 1 (2015) p. 1 - 19
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/paul-mcdaniel/16/