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From Superdiversity to Consolidation

Implications of Structural Intersectionality for Interethnic Friendships

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ID2229324
AuthorsLinda Zhao (0000-0002-8252-8946, University of Chicago, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume128
Issue4
Pages1114-1157
Publication date2023-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-9602 • E-ISSN: 1537-5390
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1086/723435
OpenAlexW4352978122
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited97

This study advances a theoretical framework of consolidation as a measure of structural intersectionality and applies it to study interethnic friendships in Western European classrooms. Results show far fewer interethnic friendships in more consolidated classrooms (in which students from different ethnic backgrounds also tend to differ in socioeconomic status). This implies that the salience of ethnic boundaries is contingent on the joint configuration of socioeconomic status and ethnicity within social contexts. As populations and social settings are increasingly characterized by multidimensional configurations of attributes that range from superdiversity to consolidation, scholars should analyze multiple axes of differentiation to understand the conditions under which intergroup boundaries are brighter

Consolidation (business) · Economic geography · Economics · Ethnic group · Geography · Intersectionality · Population · Salience (neuroscience) · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Anthropology · Demography · Gender Studies · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology

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