Diversities Old and New

Migration and Socio-Spatial Patterns in New York, Singapore and Johannesburg
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-349-50494-7
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 275 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 3697 g

Reihe: Global Diversities

Diversities Old and New provides comparative analyses of new urban patterns that arise under conditions of rapid, migration-driven diversification, including transformations of social categories, social relations and public spaces. Ethnographic findings in neighbourhoods of New York, Singapore and Johannesburg are presented.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Vertovec, S.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: Migration, Cities, Diversities 'Old' and 'New'; Steven Vertovec PART I: EXAMINING DIVERSITIES OLD AND NEW 2. Astoria, New York City; Sofya Aptekar and Anna Cieslik 3. Jurong West, Singapore; Laavanya Kathiravelu and Junjia Ye 4. Hillbrow, Johannesburg; Rajohane Matshedisho and Alex Wafer PART II: DIVERSITIES AND SPACES: COMING TOGETHER AND REMAINING APART 5. Religion in Public Spaces of Astoria; Anna Cieslik 6. Boundaries and Surveillance in Astoria; Sofya Aptekar 7. Encounter, Transport and Transitory Spaces in Jurong West; Laavanya Kathiravelu 8. Flea Markets and Familiar Strangers in Jurong West; Junjia Ye 9. Homelessness in Berea Park, Hillbrow; Rajohane Matshedisho 10. Precarity and Intimacy in Super-Diverse Hillbrow; Alex Wafer PART III: SOCIAL-SPATIAL PATTERNS OF ENCOUNTERING DIVERSITY 11. Route-ines 12. Rooms without Walls 13. Corridors of Dissociation 14. Conclusion; Steven Vertovec

Über Autor(innen)

Sofya Aptekar, University of Massachusetts Boston, US
Anna Cieslik, New Jersey City University, US
Laavanya Kathiravelu, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Raji Matshedisho, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Alex Wafer, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Junjia Ye, Massey University, Australia