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Segmented Cities? : How Urban Contexts Shape Ethnic and Nationalist Politics
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Good, Kristin.
- Series:
- Ethnicity and Democratic Governance Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethnic neighborhoods.
- Ethnic relations--Political aspects.
- Sociology, Urban.
- Urban minorities--Political activity.
- Sociology, Urban--Political activity.
- Ethnic neighborhoods--Political aspects.
- Urban minorities.
- Ethnic relations.
- Local Subjects:
- Ethnic neighborhoods.
- Ethnic relations--Political aspects.
- Sociology, Urban.
- Urban minorities--Political activity.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (288 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Vancouver : UBC Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Across the globe, more people are living in cities, be it through the movement of domestic populations from hinterlands or via international migration. This book offers answers to some of the most pressing questions of our day: Is globalization drawing urban populations together or tearing them apart? Does immigration exacerbate or ameliorate existing ethnic and nationalist conflicts in divided cities? Can institutional design help decision makers engender integration in diverse and contested urban settings? Contributors analyze the conditions under which cities from a broad range of geographical regions serve as sites of ethnic and national discord or amity. Particular attention is paid to the influence of economic globalization, cities’ entrenched ethno-linguistic configurations, and urban political institutions. A timely analysis of how the forces of urbanization and pluralization are shaping the world’s cities, this book discusses what can be done to encourage cities to act as vectors of integration and dialogue rather than conflict and segmentation.
- Contents:
- ""Contents""; ""Illustrations""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""PART 1: Globalization, Scale, and the Political Economy of Ethnically Plural World Cities""; ""1 Adding Human Diversity to Urban Political Economy Analysis""; ""2 Citizenship and Livelihood Struggles in Turbulent Times""; ""3 Gentrification, Social Mix, and the Immigrant-Reception Function of Inner-City Neighbourhoods""; ""4 Globalization, Immigration, and Ethnoburbs""; ""PART 2: Ethnolinguistic Configurations and Relations in Segmented Cities""
- ""5 Cape Town's World-Class Segregation""""6 Segmented Cities""; ""7 Immigrant Inclusion and Linguistic Struggle in the Brussels-Capital Region""; ""PART 3: Managing Diversity through Local Institutions and Processes of Urban Governance""; ""8 Jerusalem""; ""9 Managing Multicultural Cities in Divided Countries""; ""10 Social Cohesion and Democratic Voice""; ""Conclusion""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 0-7748-2585-5
- OCLC:
- 1164921362
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