Can community involvement policies mitigate NIMBYism and local opposition to asylum seeker centres?

• Published in: Policy and politics Vol. 49; no. 4; pp. 553 - 571
• Main Authors: Dekker, Rianne, Oliver, Caroline, Geuijen, Karin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Policy Press 01.10.2021; The Policy Press
• Subjects: Asylum Seeker Centre; Attitudes; Community Involvement; Competition; Contact Hypothesis; Facility Siting; Facility siting disputes; Homeless people; Hypotheses; Local government; Local Opposition; Minority & ethnic groups; Mixed Methods; Mixed methods research; Neighborhoods; Nimbyism; Participation; Political asylum; Refugees; Residents; Shelters; Threats; Utrecht; community involvement; mixed methods; Utrecht; local opposition; NIMBYism; contact hypothesis; asylum seeker centre; facility siting

Local governments have to take authoritative decisions about the placement of controversial but necessary facilities such as Asylum Seeker Centres (ASCs). Opposition from local residents against such facilities is often considered to be an expression of NIMBYism. This article explores whether a poli...