Everyday Equalities: Making Multicultures in Settler Colonial Cities

Description

A timely new look at coexisting without assimilating in multicultural cities If city life is a "being together of strangers," what forms of being together should we strive for in cities with ethnic and racial diversity? Everyday Equalities seeks evidence of progressive political alternatives to racialized inequality that are emerging from eve

Ruth Fincher is Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the School of Geography at the University of Melbourne. Kurt Iveson is associate professor of urban geography at the University of Sydney. Helga Leitner is professor of geography at the University of California at Los Angeles. Valerie Preston is professor of geography at York University.

"The reader is instilled with belief and optimism that social organizing around common needs holds great potential for changing the fabric of society one relationship at a time. This book is a solid contribution to the field of urban studies, and the knowledge it contributes is important to the perspective of practitioners of urban policy planning."-Progressive City "It is more than refreshing to find a scholarly book with a message of hope, albeit a carefully calibrated message."-Journal of Planning Education and Research "By focusing on globally pervasive patterns of discrimination against immigrants and investigating their possible remedies at a microlevel, the four geographers are asking their readers to drop the blinkers of privilege. Their earnest and carefully documented efforts pay close and respectful attention to what people actually do in their daily lives in the city."-H-Net Reviews