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Segregation and mistrust : diversity, isolation, and social cohesion

Title
Segregation and mistrust : diversity, isolation, and social cohesion / Eric M. Uslaner, University of Maryland, College Park.
Author
Uslaner, Eric M.
Publication
New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

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Book/TextUse in library JFE 12-6292Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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Donor/Sponsor
Purchased through The Jeremiah Kaplan Endowment for the Social Sciences.
Subject
  • Race relations
  • Trust
  • Segregation
  • Multiculturalism
  • Cultural pluralism
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Machine generated contents note: Preface; 1. Trust, diversity, and segregation; 2. Contact, diversity, and segregation; 3. Building trust in a segregated society: The United States; 4. Canada: trust, integration, and the search for identity; 5. The United Kingdom: sleepwalking or wide awake?; 6. Sweden and Australia: newer immigrants, trust, and multiculturalism; 7. Altruism and segregation; 8. Where you sit depends on where you stand; 9. The farmer's daughter and intergroup contact.
Call Number
JFE 12-6292
ISBN
  • 9780521193153 (hardback)
  • 052119315X (hardback)
  • 9780521151634 (paperback)
  • 0521151635 (paperback)
LCCN
2012013660
OCLC
YBP 2012013660
Author
Uslaner, Eric M.
Title
Segregation and mistrust : diversity, isolation, and social cohesion / Eric M. Uslaner, University of Maryland, College Park.
Imprint
New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Description
xiii, 273 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Summary
"Eric M. Uslaner examines the theoretical and measurement differences between segregation and diversity and summarizes results on how integrated neighborhoods with diverse social networks increase trust in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Sweden, and Australia"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 12-6292
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