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Book SynopsisThis edited volume, bringing together leading researchers from the United States, the United Kingdom and Europe, offers a new approach to conceptualising segregation.
Trade Review"This outstanding collection on segregation deserves to be the “go to text” in the field. I will consult it again and again for both instruction and research. Kudos to the editors." Dr Stephen A. Matthews, Penn State University
Table of ContentsIntroduction ~ Christopher D Lloyd, Ian Shuttleworth and David Wong; Section 1: Concepts & Methods; Segregation matters; measurement matters ~ Ron Johnston, Mike Poulsen and Jim Forrest; Using a general spatial pattern index to evaluate spatial segregation ~ David Wong; Measuring ‘neighbourhood’ segregation using spatial interaction data~ Christopher D Lloyd, Ian Shuttleworth and Gemma Catney; The Micro-Geography of Segregation: Evidence from Historical US Census Data~ Antonio Páez, Manuel Ruiz, Fernando López and John Logan; Neighbourhood racial diversity and white residential segregation in the United States ~ Richard Wright, Mark Ellis and Steven Holloway; Analysing segregation using individualized neighbourhoods ~ John Östh, Bo Malmberg, and Eva Andersson; The international comparability of ethnicity and collective identity; implications for segregation studies ~ Pablo Mateos; Section 2: Processes; Perspectives on social segregation and migration: spatial scale, mixing and places ~ Ian Shuttleworth, Myles Gould and Paul Barr; “Sleepwalking towards Johannesburg”? Local measures of ethnic segregation between London’s secondary schools, 2003 – 2008/9 ~ Rich Harris; Segregation, choice based letting and social housing: How housing policy can affect the segregation process ~ Maarten van Ham and David Manley; Demographic understandings of changes in ethnic residential segregation across the life course ~ Albert Sabater and Nissa Finney; A Tale of Two Cities: Residential Segregation in St. Louis and Cincinnati ~ Sungsoon Hwang; Section 3: Outcomes & Implications; ‘Religious’ concentration and health outcomes in Northern Ireland ~ Gemma Catney; Class Segregation ~ Danny Dorling; Exploring socioeconomic characteristics of ethnically-divided neighbourhoods ~ Kenneth French; Section 4: Conclusions and outcomes; 17. Conclusion: Possible future agendas and summary thoughts ~Christopher D Lloyd, Ian Shuttleworth and David Wong.
