Ruble, Blair A., 1949-

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

Washington, D.C. : Woodrow Wilson Center Press ; Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©2005.

xvii, 267 pages ; 23 cm

Woodrow Wilson Center Press

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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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

Case Reports
Case studies
Études de cas.

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