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Diversity and Contact : Immigration and Social Interaction in German Cities / by Karen Schönwälder, Sören Petermann, Jörg Hüttermann, Steven Vertovec, Miles Hewstone, Dietlind Stolle, Katharina Schmid, Thomas Schmitt.

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Book
Author/Creator:
Schönwälder, Karen., Author.
Petermann, Sören., Author.
Hüttermann, Jörg., Author.
Vertovec, Steven., Author.
Hewstone, Miles., Author.
Stolle, Dietlind., Author.
Schmid, Katharina., Author.
Schmitt, Thomas., Author.
Series:
Global Diversities, 2662-2599
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Emigration and immigration.
Sociology, Urban.
Social structure.
Equality.
Ethnology.
Human geography.
Personality.
Difference (Psychology).
Human Migration.
Urban Sociology.
Social Structure.
Sociocultural Anthropology.
Human Geography.
Personality and Differential Psychology.
Local Subjects:
Human Migration.
Urban Sociology.
Social Structure.
Sociocultural Anthropology.
Human Geography.
Personality and Differential Psychology.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (XIX, 296 p. 53 illus., 3 illus. in color.)
Edition:
1st ed. 2016.
Place of Publication:
London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Summary:
This book analyzes how the socio-demographic and cultural diversity of societies affect the social interactions and attitudes of individuals and groups within them. Focusing on Germany, where in some cities more than one third of the population are first or second-generation immigrants, it examines how this phenomenon impacts on the ways in which urban residents interact, form friendships, and come to trust or resent each other. The authors, a distinguished team of sociologists, political scientists, social psychologists, anthropologists and geographers, present the results of their wide-ranging empirical research, which combines a 3-wave-panel survey, qualitative fieldwork, area explorations and analysis of official data. In doing so, they offer representative findings and deeper insights into how residents experience different neighbourhood contexts. Their conclusions are a significant contribution to our understanding of the implications of immigration and diversity, and of the conditions and consequences of intergroup interaction. This ground-breaking work will appeal to scholars across the Social Sciences. .
Contents:
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. The 'Diversity and Contact' Project (DIVCON)
Chapter 3. Diversity in Germany and its Urban Neighbourhoods
Chapter 4. Interactions Across Boundaries in More and Less Diverse Contexts
Chapter 5. Five Stories of Neighbourhood, Social Life, and Diversity
Chapter 6. Attitudes Towards Immigration-Related Diversity
Chapter 7. The Immigrant Perspective
Chapter 8. Conclusions. .
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781137586032
1137586036

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