Talja Blokland is a Fellow of the Royal Netherlands Academy of the Arts and Sciences and based at the Amsterdam School for Social Science Research, University of Amsterdam.

"This is a book of major intellectual significance. Talja Blokland succeeds in casting her case study around broader theoretical concerns that will have relevance for urban sociologists everywhere." Mike Savage, University of Manchester "Talja Blokland has written an engaging, thoughtful and often provocative analysis of changing social life in an inner city neighbourhood." Charles Tilly, Columbia University "This is a superb empirically grounded study of social relations, exploring important theoretical issues about space, identity and community in the context of wonderful and compelling ethnography." Richard Jenkins, University of Sheffield

• Preface. 1. Disintegration And The ‘Demise Of Community’.2. Hillesluis As A Natural Area? Social Ecology And Neighbourhood Use.3. Personal Networks As Communities.4. Social Identification And A Grid Of Social Relations.5. Familiarity And Transactions: Privatization I.6. Institutions And Attachments: Privatization II.7. Contemporary Communities And The Importance Of Location.8. Ethnicity As A Dividing Field.9. The Neighbourhood In The Imperfect Past.10. Urban Bonds: Conclusions.Annex: Research Approach.Notes.References.Index

Talja Blokland is a Fellow of the Royal Netherlands Academy of the Arts and Sciences and based at the Amsterdam School for Social Science Research, University of Amsterdam.

"This is a book of major intellectual significance. Talja Blokland succeeds in casting her case study around broader theoretical concerns that will have relevance for urban sociologists everywhere." Mike Savage, University of Manchester "Talja Blokland has written an engaging, thoughtful and often provocative analysis of changing social life in an inner city neighbourhood." Charles Tilly, Columbia University "This is a superb empirically grounded study of social relations, exploring important theoretical issues about space, identity and community in the context of wonderful and compelling ethnography." Richard Jenkins, University of Sheffield

• Preface. 1. Disintegration And The ‘Demise Of Community’.2. Hillesluis As A Natural Area? Social Ecology And Neighbourhood Use.3. Personal Networks As Communities.4. Social Identification And A Grid Of Social Relations.5. Familiarity And Transactions: Privatization I.6. Institutions And Attachments: Privatization II.7. Contemporary Communities And The Importance Of Location.8. Ethnicity As A Dividing Field.9. The Neighbourhood In The Imperfect Past.10. Urban Bonds: Conclusions.Annex: Research Approach.Notes.References.Index

Talja Blokland is a Fellow of the Royal Netherlands Academy of the Arts and Sciences and based at the Amsterdam School for Social Science Research, University of Amsterdam.

"This is a book of major intellectual significance. Talja Blokland succeeds in casting her case study around broader theoretical concerns that will have relevance for urban sociologists everywhere." Mike Savage, University of Manchester "Talja Blokland has written an engaging, thoughtful and often provocative analysis of changing social life in an inner city neighbourhood." Charles Tilly, Columbia University "This is a superb empirically grounded study of social relations, exploring important theoretical issues about space, identity and community in the context of wonderful and compelling ethnography." Richard Jenkins, University of Sheffield

• Preface. 1. Disintegration And The ‘Demise Of Community’.2. Hillesluis As A Natural Area? Social Ecology And Neighbourhood Use.3. Personal Networks As Communities.4. Social Identification And A Grid Of Social Relations.5. Familiarity And Transactions: Privatization I.6. Institutions And Attachments: Privatization II.7. Contemporary Communities And The Importance Of Location.8. Ethnicity As A Dividing Field.9. The Neighbourhood In The Imperfect Past.10. Urban Bonds: Conclusions.Annex: Research Approach.Notes.References.Index