Globalization and the New City: Migrants, Minorities and Urban Transformations in Comparative Perspective (Practical Social Work Series)

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. WILLIAM A. V. CLARK Professor of Geography, University of Los Angeles JRGEN 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