Justus Uitermark on The Netherlands 

  • Floris Noordhoff Persistent poverty in the Netherlands. Amsterdam: Vossius Press. 2008.
Discusses how neighborhood stigma mediates constructions of the self and symbolic power relations. This is available as an ebook to download for free from here.
  • G. Engbersen and J. Burgers ''De wrok van Spangen. Opkomst en neergang van een arbeidersbuurt'." Psychologie & Maatschappij 18: 292-302. 1994.     
Discusses the resentment among the native, welfare-dependent proletariat in the context of neighborhood decline.
  • Joos Droogleever Fortuijn and Eva van Kempen "Territoriale stigmatisering in Nederlandse steden" Geografie nr. 7, pp. 32-34. 1998.
Reports research investigating which are the Netherlands' most stigmatized neighborhoods
  • M.G. Permentier Reputation, neighbourhoods and behaviour. Ph.D. thesis Faculteit Geowetenschappen, Universiteit Utrecht. 2009.
Uses survey data to compare neighborhood reputation among neighborhood residents and non-residents
  • Talja Blokland Urban Bonds Oxford, Blackwell. 2005.
Applies general theory to a case study of one Rotterdam neighborhood and devotes considerable attention to symbolic power relations. Click here to see a preview in Google Books.


Justus' own work can be read with direct links from his website.