Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-312) and index.
Contents:
Segregation then and now -- The historical roots of segregation in the United States and the need for a new perspective -- Patterns and consequences of segregation in the United States -- The social structural sorting perspective -- A new lens on segregation : understanding how people end up living where they do -- Social networks : the social part of the theory -- "From what I see" : the structural part of the theory -- Residential stratification and the decision-making process -- Revisiting the traditional theories through the social structural sorting perspective -- The social structural sorting perspective on the role of economic factors -- The social structural sorting perspective on the role of preferences -- The social structural sorting perspective on the role of discrimination -- The implications of the social structural sorting perspective for segregation -- Policies that could help break the cycle of segregation -- New approaches to understanding segregation.
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