Full Description
What defines a multicultural city? Policy? Geography? Demography? In Multicultural Cities, Mohammad Abdul Qadeer offers a tour of three of North America's premier multicultural metropolises - Toronto, New York, and Los Angeles - that demonstrates the critical qualities that make these cities multicultural.
Guided by the perspective that multiculturalism is the combination of cultural diversity with a common ground of values and institutions, Qadeer examines the social geography, economy, and everyday life of each metropolitan area. His analysis spans the divide between Canada, where multiculturalism is official government policy, and the United States, where it is not. A comprehensive investigation of how some of today's leading majority-minority cities thrive, written by a keen observer of North American urban life, Multicultural Cities is an important complement to any discussion about how cities can and should accommodate diversity.
Contents
Preface
Chapter 1: Cultures and the City
Chapter 2: Multiculturalism: Diversity Rights and Common Ground
Chapter 3: Making Multicultural Cities
Chapter 4: Social Geography of Multicultural Cities
Chapter 5: Ethnicity and Urban Economy
Chapter 6: Patterns of Community Life
Chapter 7: Experiences of Living in Multicultural Cities
Chapter 8: Political Incorporation and Diversity
Chapter 9: Pluralism of Urban Services
Chapter 10: Urban Planning for Cultural Diversity
Chapter 11: Imagining Multicultural Cities
Appendix 1. Theoretical Discourse on Multiculturalism
