Desegregation and Integration as Linked or Distinct? Evidence from a Previously 'White' Suburb in Post-apartheid Cape Town

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ID4381676
AutoresCharlotte Lemanski (0000-0003-0982-2329, University of Cape Town, autor de correspondencia), Charlotte L Lemanski
Año2006
Volumen30
Número3
Páginas564-586
Fecha de publicación2006-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0309-1317 • E-ISSN: 1468-2427
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1468-2427.2006.00676.x
OpenAlexW2005096034
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas21
Referencias citadas22

This article analyses whether the physical desegregation of a residential neighbourhood ultimately facilitates the social integration of its residents. Desegregation is measured quantitatively (i.e. using census data for a suburb in which no single race comprises more than 50% and at least one other racial group comprises 25%), and social integration is assessed qualitatively using indicators such as friendship, common local identity, sharing local facilities and involvement in local institutions. Essentially this research is concerned with whether labelling a suburb 'desegregated' is a superficial term that whilst implying racial mixing actually masks social segregation; and also whether assumptions that urban policies of desegregation ultimately facilitate social integration are accurate. This desegregation/integration nexus is explored by examining the lives of residents of a desegregated Cape Town neighbourhood. South Africa provides a timely context because the legacy of apartheid's spatial and social design continues to dominate the urban scene despite policy efforts to promote both desegregation and integration

Census · Desegregation · Political science · Racial integration · Racism · Social integration · Sociology · Demography · Gender Studies · Law · Public Administration · Urban Planning and Governance · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies · Urbanization and City Planning