IMMIGRAZIONE, SICUREZZA, QUARTIERE. UNO STUDIO TRA MILANO E MADRID

This thesis aims at investigating the application of local security measures in two different multicultural neighbourhoods: via Padova in Milan and Lavapiés in Madrid. Comparing this two areas helps to understand how the concept and the practice of "security" is connected with the criminalization of immigrants both in Italy and in Spain. Moreover, the approval of measures with a local target permits to underline the connection existing between security, immigration and the neighbourhood as privileged space of social control. Relying on different approaches towards the concepts of "immigration", "security" and "neighbourhood", and 64 semi-structured interviews, this work proposes a specifical focus on the perception of security of the residents of the analyzed neighbourhoods. The residents interviewed are italians, spanish and immigrants from different countries that gathered in the neighbourhood, building networks, associations and social struggle.