Creating diversity capital : transnational migrants in Montreal, Washington, and Kyiv / Blair A. Ruble.

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Ruble, Blair A., 1949-

Title & Author:

Creating diversity capital : transnational migrants in Montreal, Washington, and Kyiv / Blair A. Ruble.

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xvii, 267 pages ; 23 cm

Series:

Woodrow Wilson Center Press

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-253) and index.
Creating diversity capital : migrants in divided cities -- Living in the middle -- Working and studying in the middle -- From Saint Jean-Baptiste to Saint Patrick : Montreal's twisting path to intercultural diversity -- Regime change in Washington -- From red to orange : Kyiv's post-Soviet municipal regime -- Diversity capital created -- Appendix: Research design and methodology for the Kyiv surveys.

Summary:

How do urban communities accommodate this century's massive transnational migrations? This volume seeks clues about how a city's capacity for urban social sustainability, termed "diversity capital," may expand under such conditions. ... [E]xamines three cities, now receiving large numbers of new immigrants, that have long histories of division into just two communities of language and race: Montreal, Washington, and Kyiv. "The growing presence of individuals who do not fit into long-standing group boundaries fundamentally alters the social, cultural, and political contours of traditionally bifurcated metropolitan regions," writes Ruble. "How does that presence change perceptions and institutions?" Creating Diversity Capital approaches this topic in terms of how the new immigrants live, work, and go to school and describes how the politics in each of these cities has changed, or failed to change, in the face of the new demographics. A special feature is the use of important new information on Kyiv from a set of surveys conducted by the Kennan Institute in 2001-2. - Provided by the publisher.

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ISBN:

0801883008 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
0801883016 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780801883002
9780801883019
(hardcover alkaline paper)
9780801883008
(paperback alkaline paper)
9780801883016

Subject:

City dwellers.
Emigration and immigration Social aspects Case studies.
Cultural pluralism.
Cultural fusion.
Social change.
Urban Population
Cultural Diversity
Social Change
Citadins.
Émigration et immigration Aspect social Études de cas.
Diversité culturelle.
Double appartenance (Sciences sociales)
Changement social.
Emigration and immigration Social aspects
Migration
Montréal (Québec) Emigration and immigration Social aspects.
Washington (D.C.) Emigration and immigration Social aspects.
Kyïv (Ukraine) Emigration and immigration Social aspects.
Montréal (Québec) Émigration et immigration Aspect social.
Washington (D.C.) Émigration et immigration Aspect social.
Kiev (Ukraine) Émigration et immigration Aspect social.
Québec Montréal
Ukraine Kyïv
Washington (D.C.)
Washington, DC
Montréal
Kiew

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Case Reports
Case studies
Études de cas.

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Woodrow Wilson Center Press.

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Location: Library main 295685
Call No.: BIB 242044
Status: Available

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