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Segregation and integration in urban sociology: a review of perspectives and critical approaches for public policy

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  • Javier Ruiz-Tagle Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Vol. 31 No. 87 (2016)

Abstract

Residential segregation is for some a natural phenomenon for and for others a structurally determined problem. In contrast, integration has become a neoliberal goal or a voluntaristic approach. Several explanations of segregation are reviewed here: sociologic-historical considerations, functionalist-positivist theories and conflict-poststructuralist theories. It is argued that functionalist-positivist theories have influenced empirical studies and various ideas that shape integration policies, with an excessive reliance on the physical proximity between different social groups. Finally, in order to understand spatial transformations, beyond structuralist and naturalist views of segregation, the idea of socio- spatial dialectics and the Right-to-the- City program are taken to relocate integration as a critical and progressive claim.

Author Biography

Javier Ruiz-Tagle, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Assistant Professor, Institute of Urban and Territorial Studies at the School of Architecture, Design and Urban Studies, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. PhD in Urban Planning and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2014. MSc in Urban Planning, University of Chile, 2006. Architect, University of Chile, 2004.

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Ruiz-Tagle, J. (2016). Segregation and integration in urban sociology: a review of perspectives and critical approaches for public policy. Revista INVI, 31(87), 9–57. Retrieved from https://revistainvi.uchile.cl/index.php/INVI/article/view/62773
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