Policymakers are eager to create socially mixed neighbourhoods, even though evidence for the positive impact of social mixing is patchy. In this paper, we examine the relationship between social mixing, social capital, and the lived experience of residents affected by the desegregation of an urban Roma area. Using qualitative data from a participatory action research (PAR) process in Hungary, we explore the two-way relationship between desegregation and bonding, bridging, and linking forms of social capital. Our results suggest that desegregation has complex and contradictory impacts on lived experience, and that these relate to changes in social forms of capital. Our findings speak to the heterogeneity of the Roma segregated community, and to the multifaceted nature of social capital as a resource. We conclude that the presence of strong negative neighbourhood effects, acknowledged by marginalized residents themselves, indicates that social mixing can contribute to the enhancement of wellbeing and social mobility for many segregated Roma families. However, desegregation alone is insufficient, and further policies are required to increase socio-spatial integration and deal with the social, economic, and cultural causes of extreme poverty.

政策制定者渴望创建社会混合社区，尽管关于社会混合的积极影响的证据并不完整。在本文中，我们研究了社会融合、社会资本与受城市罗姆人地区取消种族隔离影响的居民的生活体验之间的关系。使用来自匈牙利参与式行动研究 (PAR) 过程的定性数据，我们探讨了取消种族隔离与社会资本的结合、桥接和链接形式之间的双向关系。我们的研究结果表明，取消种族隔离对生活经验具有复杂而矛盾的影响，并且这些影响与资本社会形式的变化有关。我们的发现说明了罗姆人隔离社区的异质性，以及社会资本作为一种资源的多方面性质。我们得出的结论是，边缘化居民自己承认存在强烈的负面邻里效应，这表明社会融合有助于提高许多被隔离的罗姆家庭的幸福感和社会流动性。然而，仅仅消除种族隔离是不够的，需要采取进一步的政策来促进社会空间融合并解决导致极端贫困的社会、经济和文化原因。