Neighbourhood effects are commonly understood as an effect of a characteristic of the residential location on social outcomes – although people are also linked to other places in their everyday lives. Based on a mixed-methods study on the significance of neighbourhoods for political recruitment of first- and second-generation Turkish immigrants in Berlin, this article shows that neighbourhoods with a strong migrant civic infrastructure are important places for political recruitment – not only for their residents, but also for visitors and people linked to them through social networks. The article identifies three mechanisms by which people can be linked to neighbourhoods and the resources embedded in them. The first is residency. Second, neighbourhoods can work as a hub when people visit them to shop, meet friends, or engage in other activities. Visitors can then profit from a neighbourhood’s infrastructure, such as civic organisations. Third, neighbourhoods work as a node when social networks transmit information and resources originating in one neighbourhood context – for example, political information – to others located outside of it. The article contributes to an understanding of neighbourhoods not as closed-off containers but as being interconnected to other places, non-residents, and resources, an understanding that comprehends the spatial production of social inequalities in terms of residency, everyday mobility, and social network connections.

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作为资源中心和资源节点的社区：德国柏林的公民组织和第一代和第二代移民的政治招募


邻里效应通常被理解为居住地点特征对社会结果的影响——尽管人们在日常生活中也与其他地方有联系。本文基于对柏林第一代和第二代土耳其移民政治招募重要性的混合方法研究，表明拥有强大移民公民基础设施的社区是政治招募的重要场所 — — 不仅对其居民而言，也适用于访客和通过社交网络与他们联系的人。该文章确定了三种机制，人们可以通过这些机制将人们与社区及其嵌入的资源联系起来。第一个是居住权。其次，当人们去购物、结识朋友或从事其他活动时，社区可以作为一个中心。然后，游客可以从社区的基础设施（例如民间组织）中受益。第三，当社交网络将源自一个社区环境的信息和资源（例如政治信息）传输给位于该社区之外的其他人时，社区就充当了一个节点。本文有助于理解社区不是封闭的容器，而是与其他地方、非居民和资源的相互联系，这种理解理解居住、日常流动性和社交网络方面社会不平等的空间生产连接。