ABSTRACT

Deindustrialization wrought socio-economic and cultural change throughout the UK, Western Europe and the USA. Within some deindustrialized zones, multiple indices of deprivation rise significantly which presents complex and interrelated social problems including poverty, unemployment, poor quality private rented housing, complex physical and mental health problems, and crime. The austerity agenda further exacerbates these problems, cuts local support services, and further entrenches the myriad issues embedded in post-industrial communities. This paper draws on a funded research project in a deindustrialized town in the North East of England designed to measure the impact of migration on the settled community. The project found advantages to inward migration alongside increased community tension where poor neighbourhoods yet to recover from long-term deindustrialization saw a rapid increase of international migrants. These tensions represent competition for scarce resources amongst the fragmented multi-ethnic working class trying to get by in areas of “permanent recession”.

摘要

去工业化在整个英国，西欧和美国引发了社会经济和文化变革。在一些非工业化地区，贫困的多重指数显着上升，这带来了复杂而又相互关联的社会问题，包括贫困，失业，劣质的私人租赁住房，复杂的身心健康问题以及犯罪。紧缩议程进一步加剧了这些问题，削减了本地支持服务，并进一步深深根植于后工业社会中的诸多问题。本文借鉴了英格兰东北部一个去工业化城镇的一项资助研究项目，该项目旨在衡量移民对定居社区的影响。该项目发现了外来移民的优势以及社区紧张局势的加剧，那里的贫困社区尚未从长期的去工业化中恢复过来，国际移民迅速增加。这些紧张关系代表了在“永久性衰退”地区试图摆脱的零散的多族裔工人阶级中对稀缺资源的竞争。