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This title was first published in 2002: Over the past fifty years,
numerous geographical concepts and methodologies have been
developed to study urban segregation. This volume brings together
an international team of scholars, practitioners and policy makers
to examine the latest of these. The first section of this
fascinating book sees contributors proposing innovative ideas and
new conceptual models for the study of segregation in cities that
undergo globalization. They assess the idea that segregation should
be studied for individuals in respect to different spatial
resolutions, including the study of the formation of inter-ethnic
spatial networks. This is followed by an examination of questions
concerning the associations among segregation, poverty and
policies. The final section highlights patterns of segregation in
four countries: South Africa, China, Canada and the Ruhr area, each
of them representing different multicultural and transformational
aspects. They also emphasize the socio-historical context in which
patterns of segregation and desegregation appeared.
This title was first published in 2002: Over the past fifty years,
numerous geographical concepts and methodologies have been
developed to study urban segregation. This volume brings together
an international team of scholars, practitioners and policy makers
to examine the latest of these. The first section of this
fascinating book sees contributors proposing innovative ideas and
new conceptual models for the study of segregation in cities that
undergo globalization. They assess the idea that segregation should
be studied for individuals in respect to different spatial
resolutions, including the study of the formation of inter-ethnic
spatial networks. This is followed by an examination of questions
concerning the associations among segregation, poverty and
policies. The final section highlights patterns of segregation in
four countries: South Africa, China, Canada and the Ruhr area, each
of them representing different multicultural and transformational
aspects. They also emphasize the socio-historical context in which
patterns of segregation and desegregation appeared.
Protracted occupation has become a rare phenomenon in the 21st
century. One notable exception is Israel's occupation of the West
Bank and the Gaza Strip, which began over four decades ago, after
the Six-Day War in 1967. While many studies have examined the
effects of occupation on the occupied society, which bears most of
the burdens of occupation, this book directs its attention to the
occupiers. The effects of occupation on the occupying society are
not always easily observed and are therefore difficult to study.
Yet through their analysis, the authors of this volume show how
occupation has detrimental effects on the occupiers. The effects of
occupation do not stop in the occupied territories, but penetrate
deeply into the fabric of the occupying society. The Impacts of
Lasting Occupation examines the effects that Israel's occupation of
Palestinian territories has had on Israeli society. The
consequences of occupation are evident in all aspects of Israeli
life, including its political, social, legal, economic, cultural,
and psychological spheres. Occupation has shaped Israel's national
identity as a whole, in addition to the day-to-day lives of Israeli
citizens. Daniel Bar-Tal and Izhak Schnell have brought together a
wide range of academic experts to show how occupation has led to
the deterioration of democracy and moral codes, threatened personal
security, and limited economic growth in Israel.
Arab entrepreneurs in Israel form part of a traditional, yet
peripheral, ethnic minority attempting to integrate into Israel's
larger economy. This study, based on extensive fieldwork, focuses
on the obstacles that these Arab entrepreneurs and new
industrialists must overcome in their development towards
industrialization. The research exposes a highly flexible
entrepreneurial culture making use of a limited set of
opportunities and resources. The work makes a strong contribution
to comparative cross-cultural research and theoretical formulations
on issues of ethnic entrepreneurship.
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