SOCIAL WORK AND MANAGEMENT ›› 2022, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (4): 41-47.

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Community Incivilities and Migrant Mothers’ Feelings of Safety: Considering Social Work Space Intervention

JIN Shuheng1, DAI Haijing2   

  1. 1. School of law, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510006, China;
    2. School of Social Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatian, Hong Kong, 999077,China
  • Received:2021-11-15 Online:2022-07-15 Published:2022-07-15

Abstract: Community incivility has been an important thesis of research in urban sociology. Existing studies have suggested that community incivilities exert negative influences on residents’ feelings of safety. Based on in-depth interviews with 12 migrant mothers from an urban village in Shenzhen, the article has identified two mechanisms through which community incivilities influence migrant mothers’ feelings of safety. On the one hand, physical incivilities, such as littering, reinforce migrant mothers’ perceptions of the low quality of their fellow residents, which lowers their community efficacy and raises their feelings of insecurity. On the other hand, some social incivilities, such as unapproved buildings, remind migrant mothers’ self-cognition of marginalized migrant workers, which intensifies their sense of insecurity It is suggested that in urban villages and other communities inhabited by migrants, social workers’ spatial interventions can help enhance collective efficacy and promote community governance.

Key words: migrant mothers, community incivility, feelings of safety, social work, space intervention

CLC Number: 

  • C916
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