Studies in Segregation and Desegregation
Published on 28. March 2002
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-0-7546-1808-9 (ISBN)
Description
The increasing interest in identity and ethnicity studies in social sciences has raised interest in the study of socio-spatial segregation. Paradigms and concepts that were introduced into scholarly debates on segregation on the one hand and new trends in different cities around the world, attracted a group of scholars from the commission on "Monitoring Cities of Tomorrow" to discuss theoretical and practical aspects of segregation. This volume is the result of two years' discussion on the issue, and presents 11 articles organized in three chapters. The first part investigates some innovative ideas concerning the study of segregation in cities that undergo globalization. The second part raises questions concerning the associations among segregation, poverty and policies, and the third part highlights patterns of segregation and desegregation in three countries - South Africa, China and Canada - each of them representing different aspects of multi-culturality and transformation.
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Edition
Illustrated edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Illustrated edition
Illustrations
maps
Dimensions
Height: 156 mm
Width: 223 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7546-1808-9 (9780754618089)
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Content
Part 1 Agency and segregation: measuring individual segregation in space - a formal approach and case study, Itzhak Benenson and Itzhak Omer; segregation in everyday life spaces - a conceptual model, Izhak Schnell; migration, places and intercultural relations in cities, Jean-Bernard Racine; interculturality - a preferential path in the search for a new urban social equilibrium, Marina Marengo. Part 2 Segregation and state policies: ethnic segregation and the Welfare State, Tineke Domburg-De Rooij and Sako Musterd; urban poverty in Germany, Andreas Farwick, Britta Klagge and Wolfgang Taubman; segregation and urban policies in the Netherlands, Wim Ostendorf. Part 3 A comparative perspective: national identity in a transforming Quebec society - socio-economic and spatial segregation in Montreal, Charles Small; segregation in the Ruhr, Ludger Basten and Lienhard Lotsher; new perspective on urban segregation and desegregation in post-resolution South Africa, Andre Horn; Beijing's socio-spatial structure in transition, Gu Caolin and Chris Kasteloot.