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URBAN ECONOMIC RESTRUCTURING AND ETHNIC SEGREGATION IN DÜSSELDORF
Author(s) -
GLEBE GÜNTHER
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.766
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1467-9663
pISSN - 0040-747X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9663.1997.tb01593.x
Subject(s) - restructuring , ethnic group , context (archaeology) , economic restructuring , polarization (electrochemistry) , economic geography , fordism , political science , demographic economics , economics , development economics , economic growth , geography , economy , chemistry , archaeology , law
Abstract Ethnic segregation remains a conflicting issue and an important factor in understanding the dynamics of ethnically pluralistic cities. The question of segregation is seen in a widened context of the post‐Fordist urban restructuring process. Ethnic minorities are facing growing social polarization trends. Because of severe qualification deficiencies they are threatened by a growing mismatch on the labour market. Segregation in schools is seen as a factor diminishing achievement in the educational system and prospects on the labour market. A multi‐level longitudinal analysis documents for Düsseldorf varying segregation patterns with relatively high spatial stability over time. The housing market is seen as the determining factor of segregation.