New Perspectives on Ethnic Segregation over Time and Space

New Perspectives on Ethnic Segregation over Time and Space: A Domains Approach

van Ham, M. (TU Delft OLD Urban Renewal and Housing; Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA))
Tammaru, T. (University of Tartu)

2016-01

The term segregation has a strong connotation with residential neighbourhoods, and most studies investigating ethnic segregation focus on the urban mosaic of ethnic concentrations in residential neighbourhoods. However, there is now a small, but growing, literature, which focusses on segregation in other domains of daily life where inter-ethnic encounters and social interaction might take place, such as: workplaces; family/partner relationship; leisure time; education; transport, and virtual domains such as social media. The focus on residential segregation is understandable. Ethnic residential segregation is easily visible in cities as segregated neighbourhoods often have their own distinct identity and reputation. Residential segregation is also relatively easy to investigate by using register or census data on where different ethnic groups live. However, if the interest in segregation stems from the idea that we want to measure the integration of ethnic minorities in society, and from an interest in social interaction between ethnic groups, then just investigating where people live is far too limited and other domains such as workplaces should be taken into account. In this paper we present an integrated conceptual framework of ethnic segregation in different life domains in which we combine elements from the life course approach and from time geography.

ethnic segregation
neighbourhoods
work places
life course approach
time geography
domains approach

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IZA Discussion Paper No. 9663

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© 2016 M. van Ham, T. Tammaru