Residential Inequality: Significant Findings and Policy Implications

A lot has changed since Thomas Pettigrew (1979, 114) identified residential segregation (the "maldistribution of blacks and whites" in metropolitan areas) as the "structural linchpin" of race relations in America. The Hispanic population has more than tripled since 1979, and Hisp...

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Published inThe Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science Vol. 660; no. 1; pp. 360 - 366
Main Authors FIREBAUGH, GLENN, ICELAND, JOHN, MATTHEWS, STEPHEN A., LEE, BARRETT A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.07.2015
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects
Conclusion
Inequality
Metropolitan areas
Residents
Segregation
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Summary:A lot has changed since Thomas Pettigrew (1979, 114) identified residential segregation (the "maldistribution of blacks and whites" in metropolitan areas) as the "structural linchpin" of race relations in America. The Hispanic population has more than tripled since 1979, and Hispanic Americans have now replaced African Americans as the largest minority group in the nation. The Asian American population has also grown rapidly, increasing from 1.5 percent of the U.S. population in 1980 to 4.8 percent of the population in 2010. Non-Hispanic whites now constitute well less than two-thirds of the population, and their share continues to shrink. Here, Firebaugh et al discuss spatial sorting, life chances, the income divide, forecloures and housing insecurity residential attainment, crime in the city, gentrification, and the effects of population shifts.
ISSN:0002-7162
1552-3349
DOI:10.1177/0002716215580060