Hypersegregation

Bibliographic Data

ID7076531
AuthorsNancy A Denton (corresponding author)
Year2007
Publication date2007-02-15
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeOTHER
VenueThe Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL)
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/9781405165518.wbeosh057
OpenAlexW4238753023
ISBN9781405165518
LanguageEN
References cited9

Hypersegregation occurs when a race/ethnic group is highly segregated in multiple ways, no matter how segregation is conceptualized or measured. It is an explicit recognition of the fact that residential segregation by race is a complex phenomenon that is multidimensional in nature. First used in 1989 in an article by Massey and Denton about patterns of black–white segregation in large US metropolitan areas in 1980, the term now occurs in both the academic and popular literature to describe the extremely high residential segregation experienced by African Americans in the US. Though residential segregation has generally declined in recent decades for African Americans, hypersegregation was still documented for African Americans in both 1990 and 2000. For the first time in 2000, Hispanics are hypersegregated in two places as well. No other group experiences hypersegregation in US metropolitan areas

Archaeology · Ethnic group · Geography · Metropolitan area · Phenomenon · Race (biology · Sociology · White (mutation · Anthropology · Demography · Gender Studies · Homelessness and Social Issues · School Choice and Performance · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies

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