Abstract
This article draws principally from the work of preeminent sociologist Alejandro Portes on the rise of Miami as a global city (segmented assimilation as well as the institutional bases for social cohesion amid diversity) to propose a blueprint for reducing social inequality in Greater Miami. Employing key insights from psychology and sociology, we bring together data and research on macro-level structural changes, meso-level dynamics of city politics and institutions, and micro-level dimensions of interactions and attitudes to highlight prospects for promoting ethnoracial interdependence. The diversity and transience that characterize Miami create a major opportunity to disrupt ethnoracial social and economic inequality. Strong public coordinating institutions are required, guided by necessary conditions that facilitate the closing of group-based social distance. We propose three cases—children-targeted programming, emerging prospects in health care, and diversity focused planning in education and housing—as offering opportunities to place Miami 2030 on the path toward cohesive and egalitarian diversity.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 386-405 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Journal | American Behavioral Scientist |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Mar 13 2015 |
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Keywords
- categorical complexity
- race
- space
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Psychology
- Social Sciences(all)
- Sociology and Political Science
- Cultural Studies
- Education
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Race, Social Identity, and Generative Spaces : Miami as a Microcosm of Categorical Complexity in a 21st-Century Global City. / Kohn-Wood, Laura; Samson, Frank L; Braddock, Jomills H.
In: American Behavioral Scientist, Vol. 59, No. 3, 13.03.2015, p. 386-405.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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