Urban Socio-Economic Segregation and Income Inequality
Urban Socio-Economic Segregation and Income Inequality

Author: Maarten van Ham

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2021-03-29

Total Pages: 520

ISBN-13: 303064569X

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This open access book investigates the link between income inequality and socio-economic residential segregation in 24 large urban regions in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America. It offers a unique global overview of segregation trends based on case studies by local author teams. The book shows important global trends in segregation, and proposes a Global Segregation Thesis. Rising inequalities lead to rising levels of socio-economic segregation almost everywhere in the world. Levels of inequality and segregation are higher in cities in lower income countries, but the growth in inequality and segregation is faster in cities in high-income countries. This is causing convergence of segregation trends. Professionalisation of the workforce is leading to changing residential patterns. High-income workers are moving to city centres or to attractive coastal areas and gated communities, while poverty is increasingly suburbanising. As a result, the urban geography of inequality changes faster and is more pronounced than changes in segregation levels. Rising levels of inequality and segregation pose huge challenges for the future social sustainability of cities, as cities are no longer places of opportunities for all.

Segregation by Design
Segregation by Design

Author: Jessica Trounstine

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2018-11-15

Total Pages: 287

ISBN-13: 1108637086

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Segregation by Design draws on more than 100 years of quantitative and qualitative data from thousands of American cities to explore how local governments generate race and class segregation. Starting in the early twentieth century, cities have used their power of land use control to determine the location and availability of housing, amenities (such as parks), and negative land uses (such as garbage dumps). The result has been segregation - first within cities and more recently between them. Documenting changing patterns of segregation and their political mechanisms, Trounstine argues that city governments have pursued these policies to enhance the wealth and resources of white property owners at the expense of people of color and the poor. Contrary to leading theories of urban politics, local democracy has not functioned to represent all residents. The result is unequal access to fundamental local services - from schools, to safe neighborhoods, to clean water.

The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture
The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture

Author: Clarence L. Mohr

Publisher: UNC Press Books

Published: 2011-05-16

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 0807877859

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Offering a broad, up-to-date reference to the long history and cultural legacy of education in the American South, this timely volume of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture surveys educational developments, practices, institutions, and politics from the colonial era to the present. With over 130 articles, this book covers key topics in education, including academic freedom; the effects of urbanization on segregation, desegregation, and resegregation; African American and women's education; and illiteracy. These entries, as well as articles on prominent educators, such as Booker T. Washington and C. Vann Woodward, and major southern universities, colleges, and trade schools, provide an essential context for understanding the debates and battles that remain deeply imbedded in southern education. Framed by Clarence Mohr's historically rich introductory overview, the essays in this volume comprise a greatly expanded and thoroughly updated survey of the shifting southern education landscape and its development over the span of four centuries.

Race, Ethnicity, and Urbanization
Race, Ethnicity, and Urbanization

Author: Howard N. Rabinowitz

Publisher: University of Missouri Press

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 390

ISBN-13: 9780826209306

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In 14 reprinted essays that bring together his work in the fields of race relations, ethnicity, and urban history, Rabinowitz introduces readers to some of the most important recent developments in these fields, including the changing assessments of the nature of black leadership, the origins of segregation, the expansion of urban history to include the South and the West, and the writing of ethnic history. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

The Political Order
The Political Order

Author: Henry S. Kariel

Publisher: Basic Books (AZ)

Published: 1970

Total Pages: 426

ISBN-13:

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It is not enough, Professor Kariel points out, for the student of political science to absorb existing knowledge; he needs to be deeply aware of the alternatives involved in political decision-making. This valuable set of readings offers one a unique opportunity to analyze and gain insight into the wide variety of approaches by which political thinkers seek to cope with events. The authors here show the wide range of choices in which established and often conflicting ideologies, institutions, and modes of study respond to contemporary challenges. The all too prevalent notion that there are no real political choices is dispelled. The reader learns through these readings how to understand and respond to political realities and events-not just to accept ready-made conclusions. The contributors include: E. H. Carr, Kenneth E. Boulding, Robert C. Wood, David B. Truman, Daniel Bell, Richard E. Neustadt, Robert A. Dahl, Hans J. Morgenthau, C. Wright Mills, V.O. Key, Jr. Henry S. Kariel is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Hawaii. His previously published works include The Decline of American Pluralism, Promise of Politics, and In Search of Authority.

The Moderates' Dilemma
The Moderates' Dilemma

Author: Matthew D. Lassiter

Publisher: University of Virginia Press

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 9780813918174

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In 1958, facing court-ordered integration, Virginia's governor closed public schools in three cities. His action provoked not only the NAACP but also large numbers of white middle-class Virginians who organized to protest school closings. This compilation of essays explores this contentious period in the state's history. Contributors argue that the moderate revolt against conservative resistance to integration reshaped the balance of power in the state but also delayed substantial school desegregation. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR