Title Diversities old and new : migration and socio-spatial patterns in New York, Singapore and Johannesburg / edited by Steven Vertovec

Published New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015

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Description 1 online resource Series Global diversities Global diversities. Contents 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 Summary "How can people live together, with ever more diverse characteristics, in the world's rapidly expanding cities? The UN estimates a doubling of the world's urban population by 2050. Meanwhile, global migration flows show profound diversification of migrants' nationality, ethnicity, language, gender balance, age, human capital and legal status. Everywhere, migrants with complex 'new diversity' traits dwell in cities alongside people from previous, 'old diversity' waves. That is, since new migrants tend to inhabit those urban spaces which still play host to migrants from previous waves, these new patterns of diversification are 'layered' on top of pre-existing patterns of diversity. How do prior conditions of diversity affect the incorporation of new migrants who are characterized by significantly different traits? With these issues in mind, this book address the core research question: In public spaces compared across cities, what accounts for similarities and differences in social and spatial patterns that arise under conditions of diversification, when new diversity-meets-old diversity? Based on a five-year comparative research project carried out by a multi-disciplinary team, Diversities Old and New provides findings from New York (a classic city of immigration, with new global migrant flows in a broadly supportive political context), Singapore (dominated by racial-cultural politics, and wholly dependent on new, highly restricted migrants), and Johannesburg (emerging from Apartheid with tensions around unregulated new, pan-African migrant flows). Spanning sociology, anthropology and human geography, the book seeks to analyze the changing nature of diversity and it's socio-spatial patterns in major cities around the world. In addition to rich ethnographic descriptions and robust sociological examination concerning some of the key urban processes of our age, Diversities Old And New also provides methodological innovations, including visual methods, which have been utilized to gather and analyze data. More information on these innovations can be found using the QR code below"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-268) and index Notes Print version record Subject Immigrants -- New York (State) -- New York Immigrants -- Singapore Immigrants -- South Africa Urban communities -- New York -- Singapore -- Republic of South Africa. Migration, immigration & emigration -- New York -- Singapore -- Republic of South Africa. Globalization -- New York -- Singapore -- Republic of South Africa. Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies -- New York -- Singapore -- Republic of South Africa. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Demography. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Emigration & Immigration. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Geography. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies. Ethnic relations Immigrants Urban communities -- New York -- Singapore -- Republic of South Africa. Migration, immigration & emigration -- New York -- Singapore -- Republic of South Africa. Globalization -- New York -- Singapore -- Republic of South Africa. Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies -- New York -- Singapore -- Republic of South Africa. Society. SUBJECT New York (State) -- Ethnic relations Singapore -- Ethnic relations South Africa -- Ethnic relations Subject New York (State) New York (State) -- New York Singapore South Africa Form Electronic book Author Vertovec, Steven, editor ISBN 9781137495488 1137495480 9781137495471 1137495472

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