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Book SynopsisThis book examines how urbanization and pluralization are shaping the world's cities and what can be done to encourage integration and minimize ethnic and nationalist tensions.
Table of ContentsPreface
Introduction: Ethnic and Nationalist Politics in a Global and Urban World / Kristin R. Good, Triadafilos Triadafilopoulos, and Luc Turgeon
Part 1: Globalization, Scale, and the Political Economy of Ethnically Plural “World Cities”
1 Adding Human Diversity to Urban Political Economy Analysis: The Case of Russia / Blair A. Ruble
2 Citizenship and Livelihood Struggles in Turbulent Times: The City and Ethnic Politics in Postcolonial Africa / Dickson Eyoh
3 Gentrification, Social Mix, and the Immigrant-Reception Function of Inner-City Neighbourhoods: Evidence from Canadian Globalizing Cities / Alan Walks
4 Globalization, Immigration, and Ethnoburbs / Wan Yu and Wei Li
Part 2: Ethnolinguistic Configurations and Relations in Segmented Cities
5 Cape Town’s “World-Class” Segregation / David A. McDonald
6 Segmented Cities: Ethnic Conflict, Geographical Scale, and the Politics of Explanation / David Ley
7 Immigrant Inclusion and Linguistic Struggle in the Brussels-Capital Region / Yoann Veny and Dirk Jacobs
Part 3: Managing Diversity through Local Institutions and Processes of Urban Governance
8 Jerusalem: Conflict in the City of Peace / David Cameron
9 Managing Multicultural Cities in Divided Countries / Scott A. Bollens
10 Social Cohesion and Democratic Voice: Paths to Political Incorporation / Susan E. Clarke and Keeley W. Stokes
Conclusion: Cities as Dynamic Sites of Integration and Segmentation / Luc Turgeon, Kristin R. Good, and Triadafilos Triadafilopoulos
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