Autor/es
Descripción
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Colaborador
Vidal de Koppmann, Sonia
Robert, Federico
Temporal Coverage
1985-2012
Idioma
spa
Extent
269 p.
Derechos
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 2.0 Genérica (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Formato
application/pdf
Identificador
Cobertura
1000662
La Paz (department)
1985-2012
Abstract
The objective of the research is to analyze the strategies of appropriation of urban space by migrants from rural communities residents in two neighborhoods of the city of El Alto (Bolivia) located in areas with different gradients of urban consolidation (the neighborhood of the peripheral zone "El Porvenir 1" and the downtown area "Barrio 16 de Julio"), in the period covered by the onset of neoliberalism in the country (1985) until 2012. The research specifically addresses the migrants‟ access to housing, the patterns of their incorporation to the labor market and the type of relations they establish with their communities of origin.
The framework of analysis is that of the critical urban sociology which studies the production of space as a social product and not a mere reflection of social structure. It thus proposes the dialectic between space and social and historical processes (Castells, 1974, Harvey, 2007, Topalov, 1979 and Lefebvre, 1983). In particular, the concepts of popular habitat, appropriation of urban space and labor market incorporation are used to test hypothesis about the existence of the process of residential segregation in the periphery of the city.
The research strategy is based on methodological triangulation that combines qualitative and quantitative methods. Part of the information was obtained through direct observation and semi-structured interviews to key informants and migrant residents of the city of El Alto. The other part of the information comes from the application of a survey to 50 households in each of the neighborhoods (100 households in total), and consultation of secondary sources of public and private agencies.
The survey was implemented to a strategic sample of households. Strategic sampling is a sample selection procedure that ends when you reach theoretical saturation (Cea D'Ancona, 1996). Thus, although the sample is not representative of the city of El Alto and its neighborhoods, every place where the survey was applied represents a typical habitat of that city (Di Virgilio, 2008).
The study of residential segregation in the area has received little attention from urban sociologists so far. In particular, there is a lack of systematic research about the relationship between housing conditions and labor market incorporation of rural migrants to the city of El Alto, which the focus of study of this research.
Finally, the study of the rural-urban relationship, not as two separate spaces, but in their interrelation as to the material reproduction of families is an emerging research field on the Bolivian social sciences. The theoretical developments or essay type articles need to be supplemented with more systematic empirical evidence on the topic. The purpose of this thesis is to incorporate this type of evidence to the debate and generate inputs for future research on the topic.
The framework of analysis is that of the critical urban sociology which studies the production of space as a social product and not a mere reflection of social structure. It thus proposes the dialectic between space and social and historical processes (Castells, 1974, Harvey, 2007, Topalov, 1979 and Lefebvre, 1983). In particular, the concepts of popular habitat, appropriation of urban space and labor market incorporation are used to test hypothesis about the existence of the process of residential segregation in the periphery of the city.
The research strategy is based on methodological triangulation that combines qualitative and quantitative methods. Part of the information was obtained through direct observation and semi-structured interviews to key informants and migrant residents of the city of El Alto. The other part of the information comes from the application of a survey to 50 households in each of the neighborhoods (100 households in total), and consultation of secondary sources of public and private agencies.
The survey was implemented to a strategic sample of households. Strategic sampling is a sample selection procedure that ends when you reach theoretical saturation (Cea D'Ancona, 1996). Thus, although the sample is not representative of the city of El Alto and its neighborhoods, every place where the survey was applied represents a typical habitat of that city (Di Virgilio, 2008).
The study of residential segregation in the area has received little attention from urban sociologists so far. In particular, there is a lack of systematic research about the relationship between housing conditions and labor market incorporation of rural migrants to the city of El Alto, which the focus of study of this research.
Finally, the study of the rural-urban relationship, not as two separate spaces, but in their interrelation as to the material reproduction of families is an emerging research field on the Bolivian social sciences. The theoretical developments or essay type articles need to be supplemented with more systematic empirical evidence on the topic. The purpose of this thesis is to incorporate this type of evidence to the debate and generate inputs for future research on the topic.
Título obtenido
Doctora de la Universidad de Buenos Aires en Ciencias Sociales
Institución otorgante
Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales