Cycle of segregation : social processes and residential stratification / Maria Krysan and Kyle Crowder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Krysan, Maria, author.

Crowder, Kyle, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social change--United States.

Social change.

Social stratification.

United States.

Social stratification--United States.

Segregation--United States.

Segregation.

Physical Description:

xiv, 321 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Russell Sage Foundation, [2017]

Summary:

The Fair Housing Act of 1968 outlawed housing discrimination by race and provided an important tool for dismantling legal segregation. But almost fifty years later, residential segregation remains virtually unchanged in many metropolitan areas, particularly where large groups of racial and ethnic minorities live. Why does segregation persist at such high rates and what makes it so difficult to combat? In Cycle of Segregation, sociologists Maria Krysan and Kyle Crowder examine how everyday social processes shape residential stratification. Past neighborhood experiences, social networks, and daily activities all affect the mobility patterns of different racial groups in ways that have cemented segregation as a self-perpetuating cycle in the twenty-first century. Because historical segregation has shaped so many of these experiences, even seemingly race-neutral decisions about where to live can reinforce residential stratification. To overcome this cycle, Krysan and Crowder advocate multilevel policy solutions that pair inclusionary zoning and affordable housing with education and public relations campaigns that emphasize neighborhood diversity and high-opportunity areas. Cycle of Segregation demonstrates why a nuanced understanding of everyday social processes is critical for interrupting entrenched patterns of residential segregation. Book jacket.

Contents:

Segregation then and now

The historical roots of segregation in the United States and the need for a new perspective

Patterns and consequences of segregation in the United States

The social structural sorting perspective

A new lens on segregation : understanding how people end up living where they do

Social networks : the social part of the theory

"From what I see" : the structural part of the theory

Residential stratification and the decision-making process

Revisiting the traditional theories through the social structural sorting perspective

The social structural sorting perspective on the role of economic factors

The social structural sorting perspective on the role of preferences

The social structural sorting perspective on the role of discrimination

The implications of the social structural sorting perspective for segregation

Policies that could help break the cycle of segregation

New approaches to understanding segregation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-312) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Krysan, Maria. Cycle of segregation.

ISBN:

9780871544902

0871544903

OCLC:

989028215