1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455241503321

Titolo

Occupational and residential segregation [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Yves Flückiger, Sean F. Reardon, Jacques Silber

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bingley, UK, : Emerald Group, c2009

ISBN

1-280-77149-6

9786613682260

1-84855-787-6

Edizione

[1 st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (287 p.)

Collana

Research on economic inequality ; ; 17

Altri autori (Persone)

FlückigerYves <1955->

ReardonSean F

SilberJacques

Disciplina

339.2

Soggetti

Segregation - Measurement

Discrimination in employment

Discrimination in housing

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front cover; Occupational and Residential Segregation; Copyright page; Contents; List of contributors; Introduction; Part I. Information Theory and the Measurement of Segregation; The information theory of segregation: uniting segregation and inequality in a common framework; Introduction; Information theory, segregation, and inequality; Notation and assumptions; Implications of an information theory approach to segregation; Discussion and examples; Conclusion; Notes; Acknowledgments; References; The invariance properties of the mutual information index of multigroup segregation; Introduction

Notation and invariance axioms The mutual information index of segregation; Decompositions of pairwise comparisons of the mutual information index; Conclusions; Notes; Acknowledgments; References; Part II. The GINI Index and the Measurement of Segregation; The GINI coefficient and segregation on a continuous variable; Background; The geometry of the index; Formulation; Empirical application; Conclusion; Note; Acknowledgments; References; Generalized GINI occupational



segregation indices; 1. Introduction; 2. Formal framework; 3. A comparison with the other Gini-related segregation indices

4. An empirical illustration 5. Conclusions; Notes; References; Appendix A. Comparing the Reardon and Firebaugh (2002) Gini index of multigroup segregation and the Gini index derived in this paper; Appendix B. Definition of the Karmel and Maclachlan segregation index (also called ''generalized Duncan index''); Appendix C. List of the states and the symbols used to represent them; Appendix D. List of occupations; Part III: Measuring Segregation with Ordered Categories; Occupational segregation with economic disadvantage: an investigation of decomposable indexes

The problem and an approach to the problem Three decompositions; Implementation; Conclusion; Notes; Acknowledgments; References; Comment on Robert Hutchens, ''Occupational segregation with economic disadvantage: an investigation of decomposable indexes''; A response to Paul Jargowsky's comment; Measures of ordinal segregation; Motivating examples; Prior methods of measuring ordinal segregation; Notation; Desirable properties of an ordinal segregation measure; Measuring segregation by an ordinal category; Properties of the ordinal segregation measures; Discussion and conclusion; Notes

Acknowledgments References; Part IV: Exploring Changes in Segregation; Exploring changes in the spatial pattern of income segregation during the 1990's; I. Introduction; II. Describing the dynamics of income segregation during the 1990's; III. Conclusion; Acknowledgment; References; Analyzing changes in occupational segregation: the case of Switzerland (1970-2000); 1. Introduction; 2. Using correspondence analysis to observe the changes that took place in Switzerland between 1970 and 2000 in the occupational structure by gender and nationality

3. Separating the impact of changes in the margins from changes in the degree of dependence between the rows and the columns

Sommario/riassunto

This volume is divided into five parts, each one including two chapters. Part I is devoted to 'Information Theory and Segregation Measurement', part II to 'The Gini Index and the Measurement of Segregation', part III to 'Measuring Segregation with Ordered Categories', part IV to 'Exploring Changes in Segregation' and part V to 'Wage Inequality and Segregation'. Let us now review into more details each of these ten chapters.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910797186403321

Autore

Haglund David G.

Titolo

Ethnic diasporas and the Canada-United States security community : from the Civil War to today / / David G. Haglund

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

9781442242708

1442242701

9781442242692

1442242698

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Disciplina

327.73071

Soggetti

National security - United States

National security - Canada

Irish Americans - Politics and government

German Americans - Politics and government

Muslims - Political activity - United States

Muslims - Political activity - Canada

United States Foreign relations Canada

Canada Foreign relations United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter One: “Geopolitical� Borders and North America�s Hobbesian Past""; ""Chapter Two: From Zone of War to Zone of Peace""; ""Chapter Three: Diasporas and Their Impact upon Global and Regional Security""; ""Chapter Four: Big Stick, or Splintered Shillelagh?""; ""Chapter Five: “Do the German Americans Dictate Our Foreign Policy?�""; ""Chapter Six: “New Fenians� and “Homegrowns�""; ""Conclusion""; ""Index""; ""About the Author""

Sommario/riassunto

The focus is on three diasporas and their impact on North American security relations: the Irish, the Germans, and the Muslim diaspora. The book first examines the evolution of North America from a zone of war



to a zone of peace, starting with the debate over the nature and meaning of the Canada-US border. It then assesses the role of ethnic diasporas in North American security, exploring whether ethnic interest groups have been gaining influence over the shaping of U.S. foreign policy. This debate is also valid in Canada, especially given the practice of federal political parties of catering