ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the different geographies of solidarities in an Italian and a British city, Naples and London respectively. An analysis of spatial inclusion and solidarity patterns of immigrants in Naples and London provides further elements for the discussion and comparison of the solidarity models of Italy and Great Britain. A distinctive element which is generally mentioned when the city of Naples is considered is the massive role played by local practices of mutual help and solidarity at the neighbourhood level. If one looks away from the Naples municipality and focus on the overall spatial distribution of immigrants across the greater Naples area, their spatial concentration in the centre appears much more visible, with only one immigrant worker commuting outside the city's municipal area. The chapter explains that in one aspect London and Naples can be said to be similar – that is in terms of their role as spaces of constant negotiation and efforts of survival.
