South Asian Residential Preferences in Glasgow (ISIM Dissertations) - Tapa blanda

-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

Questions surrounding 'race' as a spatial divider have come to the forefront of the political and media agenda in recent times leading us to re-visit the debate on the significance and causes of residential segregation. Drawing on a spatial analysis of the changing dynamics of the ethnic geography of the Greater Glasgow metropolitan area in Scotland, UK and qualitative research on the residential preferences of 40 South Asian households, this book enhances our understanding of patterns of ethnic settlement in the city and the motivations shaping these. The author documents new residential patterns, including South Asian suburbanisation into traditionally 'white' areas of the city. The processes underlying both these changes and continued ethnic concentration are shown to be dynamic and complex, encompassing elements of choice and constraint but reflecting 'negotiated choices' and a diverse array of individual differentials such as class, status , education, age and culture. The book responds critically to the debate on residential segregation, including UK government policy on community cohesion, from the perspective of South Asian residents and their real and diverse housing choices.