Believing in Urbam Neighbourhoods; Faith Based Organizations & Socia Cohesion in Spangen
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2014-01-14
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en
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The central question in this research is “What role do Faith Based Organisations and their participants play in order to enlarge social cohesion in urban less developed neighbourhoods?”. In this study three dimensions of social cohesion have been used: (1) social participation; (2) shared ideas; and (3) Identification with the group. The study has been performed in Spangen, Rotterdam (a less developed urban neighbourhood) at the project Geloven in Spangen (GIS) of Faith Based Organisation ‘IZB’. The research study contained (participative) observations and interviews with participants and other people connected to this FBO. The results show that Faith Based Organisations have a connecting role in urban less developed neighbourhoods. They mainly focus on social activities to stimulate participation and to increase the contact between people. This especially has an effect on women of foreign descent and children. The participants value the activities highly because of the religious norms and values at the activities and because the activities are easy accessible. People find trust and confidence at the activities, which increases the social participation. Faith Based Organisations are able to reach a group of people that would have difficulty attending activities of other organisations due to culture or background.
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen