Abstract

This article investigates the impact of the Syrian displacement on the economic and urban transformation in Ouzaii, a major informal settlement in the southern suburbs of Beirut that is characterised by a complex socio-political structure. It explores the potential of “entrepreneurial systems” that emerge when Syrian refugees become part of the host community and its economy. These systems include Syrian refugees as either part of the lower labour force, business owners, or entrepreneurs. The article locates these entrepreneurial systems within the spatial networks and investigates how Syrian refugees create opportunities for themselves and the host community given the specificity of the market that is subject to legal setups and mediated by the political party of Hezbollah. It uses the construct of “mixed embeddedness” by Kloosterman et al. and the notion of “quiet encroachment” by Asef Bayat to understand how the Syrian refugees were able to infiltrate into Ouzaii’s economy and become part of the “entrepreneurial systems” that stimulate the economic cycle and revitalise the urban space.

中文翻译：

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叙利亚难民的创业系统作为东道国经济的刺激因素：Ouzaii（黎巴嫩）案例

摘要

本文调查了叙利亚流离失所对 Ouzaii 经济和城市转型的影响，Ouzaii 是贝鲁特南部郊区的一个主要非正式定居点，其特征是复杂的社会政治结构。它探讨了当叙利亚难民成为收容社区及其经济的一部分时出现的“创业系统”的潜力。这些系统将叙利亚难民作为低等劳动力、企业主或企业家的一部分。文章在空间网络中定位这些创业系统，并调查叙利亚难民如何为自己和东道社区创造机会，因为市场的特殊性受制于法律设置并由真主党政党调解。它使用了 Kloosterman 等人的“混合嵌入”结构。