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The book presents the views of leading experts on both sides of the Atlantic on the changes to the social structure of cities as a result of recent migration. The contributors consider the link between globalization cities and existing zones of social exclusion, employment prospects for all residents and the likelihood of social mobility for recent arrivals. A particular feature of the book is the comparative focus of the chapters that, for the first time, seek to assess the importance of national institutional structures.
List of contents
List of Tables List of Figures Notes on the Contributors Preface Globalisation and the New City; M.Cross & R.Moore Migrants and the Urban Labour Market in Europe and North America; M.Cross & R.Waldinger Cutting the Ghetto: Political Censorship and Conceptual Retrenchment in the American Debate on Urban Destitution; L.Wacquant Terms of Entry: Social Institutions and Immigrant Earnings in America, Canadian and Australian Cities; J.G.Reitz Immigrants' Social Class in Three Global Cities; S.Model Globalisation, Urban Restructuring and Employment Prospects: The Case of Germany; J.Friedrichs A Comparative Perspective in Large Scale Migration and Social Exclusion in US Entry Point Cities; W.A.V.Clark Globalisation Effects on Employment in Southern California, 1970-1990; I.Light, R.Kim & C.Hum Social Polarisation in London: The Income Evidence, 1979-1993; C.Hamnett The Effects of Immigrants on Africa-American Earnings: A Jobs-Level Analysis of the New York City Labour Market; D.R.Howell & E.J.Mueller The Ethnic Division of Labour in Greater London: A Spatial Analysis of Workplace-Residence Relations; A.Rogers References Index
About the author
WILLIAM A. V. CLARK Professor of Geography, University of Los Angeles
JÜRGEN FRIEDRICHS Professor of Sociology and Director of the Institute of Sociological Research, University of Cologne
CHRIS HAMNETT Professor of Geography, Kings' College, University of London
DAVID R. HOWELL Professor of Economics, New School for Social Research, New York
CONNIE HUM Undergraduate Student, University of California, Los Angeles
REBECCA KIM Graduate Student in Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles
IVAN LIGHT Professor of Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles
SUZANNE MODEL Professor, Social and Demographic Research Institute, University of Massachusetts
ELIZABETH J. MUELLER Associate Professor of Economics, New School for Social Research, New York
JEFFREY G. REITZ Robert F. Harney Professor of Ethnic, Immigration and Pluralism Studies, University of Toronto
ALISDAIR ROGERS School of Geography, Oxford University
LOIC WACQUANT Professor of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley
ROGER WALDINGER Professor of Chair, Department of Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles
Summary
The book presents the views of leading experts on both sides of the Atlantic on the changes to the social structure of cities as a result of recent migration. The contributors consider the link between globalization cities and existing zones of social exclusion, employment prospects for all residents and the likelihood of social mobility for recent arrivals. A particular feature of the book is the comparative focus of the chapters that, for the first time, seek to assess the importance of national institutional structures.
