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‘I Don’t Intend to Make Friends Among My Neighbours’: The Ideal of Neighbourliness Among Residents of Residential Compounds

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  • Henar Baldán

    (University of Granada, Spain)

  • Nayla Fuster

    (Centro de Investigación Social Aplicada (CISA), Spain)

  • Joaquín Susino

    (University of Granada, Spain)

Abstract

Residential compounds are an emerging model of urbanisation at a global level that could promote intra-neighbourhood rapprochement and interaction. However, the intra-neighbourhood relationships that occur in these urbanisations have been studied mainly in the more enclosed and more upper-class compounds. In this paper we analyse the discourses of residents and non-residents in different residential compounds and socio-economic statuses in the Granada (Spain) metropolitan area. The results indicate that there is no desire to establish relationships with neighbours even in this type of residential compound. There is a generalised ideal of neighbourliness based on cordiality (impersonal and respectful relationships). In addition, socio-economic homogeneity seems fundamental for understanding neighbourhood relations and the conflicts that arise.

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  • Henar Baldán & Nayla Fuster & Joaquín Susino, 2026. "‘I Don’t Intend to Make Friends Among My Neighbours’: The Ideal of Neighbourliness Among Residents of Residential Compounds," Sociological Research Online, , vol. 31(2), pages 227-247, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:socres:v:31:y:2026:i:2:p:227-247
    DOI: 10.1177/13607804251342966
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