Segregation. Eric Fong

      

       Table of Contents

      1  Cover

      2  Title Page

      3  Copyright Page

      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

      7  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

      8  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

      9  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

      10  6 Ethnic Communities Location of Ethnic Communities Why and How Ethnic Groups Concentrate and Form Ethnic Communities Social Explanation