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Diversities Old and New

Migration and Socio-Spatial Patterns in New York, Singapore and Johannesburg

Palgrave Macmillan

Part of the book series: Global Diversities (GLODIV)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
  2. Introduction: Migration, Cities, Diversities ‘Old’ and ‘New’

  3. Examining Diversities Old and New

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21
    2. Astoria, New York City

      • Sofya Aptekar, Anna Cieslik
      Pages 23-44
    3. Jurong West, Singapore

      • Laavanya Kathiravelu, Junjia Ye
      Pages 45-66
    4. Hillbrow, Johannesburg

      • Rajohane Matshedisho, Alex Wafer
      Pages 67-83
  4. Diversities and Spaces: Coming Together and Remaining Apart

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 85-85
    2. Religion in Public Spaces of Astoria

      • Anna Cieslik
      Pages 87-102
    3. Boundaries and Surveillance in Astoria

      • Sofya Aptekar
      Pages 103-119
    4. Encounter, Transport and Transitory Spaces

      • Laavanya Kathiravelu
      Pages 120-134
    5. Homelessness in Berea Park, Hillbrow

      • Rajohane Matshedisho
      Pages 144-155
  5. Socio-Spatial Patterns of Encountering Diversity

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 169-169
    2. Route-ines

      • Steven Vertovec
      Pages 171-192
    3. Rooms without Walls

      • Steven Vertovec
      Pages 193-223
    4. Corridors of Dissociation

      • Steven Vertovec
      Pages 224-246
    5. Conclusion

      • Steven Vertovec
      Pages 247-258
  6. Back Matter

    Pages 259-275

About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Germany

    Steven Vertovec

About the editor

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

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