Table of Contents
1
Cover
4
Tables and Figures
Tables
Figures
5
1 Introduction
Residential Segregation: Bird’s-Eye, Drive-By, and On-Foot Views
The Measurement and Explanation of Residential Segregation
Segregation in History
Chapter-by-Chapter Outline of the Book
Notes
6
2 What Is Segregation?
Causes of Segregation
Segregation and Boundaries
Consequences of Segregation
A Society without Segregation
Conclusion
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3 The Measurement of Segregation
Segregation Indices
Index of Dissimilarity
Efforts to Clarify the Concept of Segregation
Dimensions of Segregation
First Direction: from Aspatial to Spatial Measures
The Checkerboard Problem
Individual Measures of Segregation
Second Direction: From Two-Group to Multi-Group Measures
Approaches for Developing Multi-Group Segregation Measures
The Spatial Version of the Multi-Group Segregation Measure
Third Direction: Scales of Segregation
Global and Local Measures of Segregation
Segregation and Geographic Scale
Conclusion
Notes
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4 Racial and Ethnic Residential Patterns
Trends and Patterns: Segregation in the United States
Trends and Patterns: Racial and Ethnic Residential Segregation in Other Parts of the World
Explanations for Racial and Ethnic Residential Segregation
Spatial Assimilation
The Place Stratification Model
The Group Preference Model
The Social Structural Sorting Perspective
Evaluation of the Different Perspectives
Consequences of Racial and Ethnic Residential Segregation
Temporal, Spatial, and Structural Mechanisms of Residential Segregation
Conclusion
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5 Income Segregation
Segregation by Income Level: Global Perspective
Racial/Ethnic Concentration of Poverty
Explanations for Income Residential Segregation
Income Inequality and Housing Supply
Neo-Liberalism and Income Residential Segregation
Economic Reform in China
Explanation for Racial/Ethnic Poverty of Concentration
The Flight of the Black Middle Class
The Role of Racial Segregation in the Concentration of Black Poverty
Explanations for the Decline of Racial/Ethnic Poverty Concentration in the 1990s and Its Rise in the 2000s
Consequences of Income Residential Segregation
Mechanisms of Poverty Concentration
Social Disorganization
Collective Efficacy
Interaction of Poverty Concentration and Residential Segregation
Conclusion
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6 Ethnic Communities
Location of Ethnic Communities
Why and How Ethnic Groups Concentrate and Form Ethnic Communities
Social Explanation
