Understanding processes of ethnic concentration and dispersal: South Asian residential preferences in Glasgow / Jennifer Leigh McGarrigle

The arts and sciences have evolved primarily through specialization and broadening of scope. Stepping outside of one’s established discipline, however, involves a danger of "shallowness," even if the primary challenge was a "deep" integration problem. All too often, current ways of defining academic disciplines and fields of research fail to do justice to new approaches—a problem this volume tackles as it debates the possible futures of scholarship and academia. Table of contents......Page 6 List of figures and tables......Page 10 Acknowledgements......Page 14 1. Introduction......Page 16 2. Processes of settlement: Residential segregation and ethnic clustering......Page 24 3. Urban migration, residential mobility and suburbanisation......Page 52 4. Methodology......Page 66 5. Through the national lens to the city: The housing position and experiences of South Asians in Scotland and Glasgow......Page 86 6. South Asian settlement in Glasgow: Changing patterns of residence......Page 114 7. The role of the neighbourhood in residential choice and re-location......Page 156 8. Housing, households, families and safe places......Page 170 9. Residential outcomes: Settling in or moving on again?......Page 186 10. Conclusions......Page 206 Appendix 1. Semi-structured interview schedule......Page 222 Appendix 2. Semi-structured interview schedule......Page 226 Appendix 3. Interviewee characteristics......Page 230 Appendix 4. Coding categories......Page 236 Appendix 5. Parent nodes......Page 240 Notes......Page 242 References......Page 244 Questions surrounding 'race' as a spatial divider have come to the forefront of the political agenda, compelling us to revisit the debate on residential segregation. Drawing on the spatial analysis of changing dynamics in the ethnic geography of Greater Glasgow and qualitative research on the residential preferences of 40 South Asian households, this book enhances our understanding of settlement in the city. Understanding Processes of Ethnic Concentration and Dispersal documents new residential patterns, including South Asian suburbanisation in traditionally 'white' areas. Processes underlying both the changes and signs of sustained ethnic concentration are shown to be dynamic and complex. They encompass elements of choice, constraint and negotiations between the two, while also revealing a remarkable array of differentials such as class, status, education, age and culture A study of South Asian settlement patterns and residential preferences exploring the motivations underlying these, paying particular attention to processes of ethnic concentration and suburbanisation. Description based on print version record.