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From ethnic minority niche to assimilation: Turkish restaurants in Brussels 1
Author(s) -
Kesteloot Christian,
Mistiaen Pascale
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
area
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1475-4762
pISSN - 0004-0894
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-4762.1997.tb00034.x
Subject(s) - turkish , ethnic group , neighbourhood (mathematics) , assimilation (phonology) , entrepreneurship , economic geography , geography , sociology , demographic economics , demography , political science , economics , anthropology , mathematics , mathematical analysis , philosophy , linguistics , law
Summary A 25‐year observation of Turkish restaurants in the heart of the Turkish neighbourhood of Brussels shows considerable changes in the characteristics of the restaurants and in their location. Both dimensions of change are interrelated and are explained on the one hand by strategies of ethnic minority entrepreneurship and on the other by the Hotelling effect.