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Housing Stigmatization: A General Theory
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Abstract This article treats housing stigmatization as a social process of symbolic ascription, connected to inhabitants, housing form, housing tenure, and/or housing location. Stigmatization research tends to focus on personal stigmatization, or to examine housing only in relation to territorial stigmatizat... view more
This article treats housing stigmatization as a social process of symbolic ascription, connected to inhabitants, housing form, housing tenure, and/or housing location. Stigmatization research tends to focus on personal stigmatization, or to examine housing only in relation to territorial stigmatization, while housing research tends to focus on health and policy. This article demonstrates that housing stigmatization, which is differentiated from personal stigmatization and territorial stigmatization, is a viable unit of analysis in its own right for stigma research. Seven core elements are identified, showing that housing stigmatization is: (1) relational; (2) contextual; (3) processual; (4) reinforceable; (5) reversible; (6) morally loaded; and (7) treated as contagious. Comprehending the elements of housing stigmatization will benefit destigmatization efforts.... view less
Keywords
residential behavior; housing conditions; stigmatization; type of housing; gentrification
Classification
Sociology of Settlements and Housing, Urban Sociology
Free Keywords
housing; housing stigmatization; stigma; stigmatization; tenure
Document language
English
Publication Year
2020
Page/Pages
p. 8-19
Journal
Social Inclusion, 8 (2020) 1
Issue topic
New Research on Housing and Territorial Stigma
ISSN
2183-2803
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed