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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786431803321

Autore

Good Kristin R

Titolo

Segmented Cities? [[electronic resource] ] : How Urban Contexts Shape Ethnic and Nationalist Politics

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Vancouver, : UBC Press, 2014

ISBN

0-7748-2585-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Collana

Ethnicity and Democratic Governance Series

Altri autori (Persone)

TurgeonLuc <1975->

TriadafilopoulosTriadafilos

Disciplina

307.76

Soggetti

Ethnic neighborhoods

Ethnic relations -- Political aspects

Sociology, Urban

Urban minorities -- Political activity

Sociology, Urban - Political activity

Ethnic neighborhoods - Political aspects

Urban minorities

Ethnic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""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""



Sommario/riassunto

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.