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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Jennifer McGarriglePublisher: Amsterdam University Press Imprint: Amsterdam University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.435kg ISBN: 9789053566718ISBN 10: 9053566716 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 23 December 2009 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsTable of contents - 6 List of figures and tables - 10 Acknowledgements - 14 1. Introduction - 16 2. Processes of settlement: Residential segregation and ethnic clustering - 24 3. Urban migration, residential mobility and suburbanisation - 52 4. Methodology - 66 5. Through the national lens to the city: The housing position and experiences of South Asians in Scotland and Glasgow - 86 6. South Asian settlement in Glasgow: Changing patterns of residence - 114 7. The role of the neighbourhood in residential choice and re-location - 156 8. Housing, households, families and safe places - 170 9. Residential outcomes: Settling in or moving on again? - 186 10. Conclusions - 206 Appendix 1. Semi-structured interview schedule - 222 Appendix 2. Semi-structured interview schedule - 226 Appendix 3. Interviewee characteristics - 230 Appendix 4. Coding categories - 236 Appendix 5. Parent nodes - 240 Notes - 242 References - 244ReviewsDebates about ethnic segregation need to be informed by careful analysis such as this. It is too easy to assume that some groups want to live separately from others, and that younger generations will simply follow the behaviours of their elders. This book shows that the reality for Asians in British cities is much more complex and interesting than 'conventional wisdom' often assumes. -- Ade Kearns, Professor of Urban Studies, University of Glasgow - This book offers rich insights into the processes of ethnic suburbanisation and integration amongst Glasgow's South Asian population and has important implications for understanding the dynamics of ethnic residential change. -- Deborah Phillips, Reader in Ethnic and Racial Studies, University of Leeds -Debates about ethnic segregation need to be informed by careful analysis such as this. It is too easy to assume that some groups want to live separately from others, and that younger generations will simply follow the behaviours of their elders. This book shows that the reality for Asians in British cities is much more complex and interesting than 'conventional wisdom' often assumes.?[-]-- Ade Kearns, Professor of Urban Studies, University of Glasgow[-][-] - -This book offers rich insights into the processes of ethnic suburbanisation and integration amongst Glasgow's South Asian population and has important implications for understanding the dynamics of ethnic residential change.?[-]-- Deborah Phillips, Reader in Ethnic and Racial Studies, University of Leeds Author InformationJennifer Leigh McGarrigle is a Post Doctorate Researcher, at the Centre de Estudos Geograficos, at the University of Lisbon. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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