The Sociology of Spatial Inequality

And Ann R. Tickamyer - Editors, Gregory Hooks, Linda M. Lobao

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Sociologists have too often discounted the role of space in inequality. This book showcases a recent generation of inquiry that attends to poverty, prosperity, and power across a range of territories and their populations within the United States, addressing spatial inequality as a thematically distinct body of work that spans sociological research traditions. The contributors' various perspectives offer an agenda for future action to bridge sociology's diverse and often narrowly focused spatial and inequality traditions.
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1. Introduction: Advancing the Sociology of Spatial Inequality
Linda M. Lobao, Gregory Hooks, and Ann R. Tickamyer

PART I EXTENDING THE SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION ACROSS SPACE: CONCEPTUAL AND METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES

2. Advancing the Sociology of Spatial Inequality: Spaces, Places, and the Subnational Scale
Linda M. Lobao and Gregory Hooks

3. New and Unexplored Opportunities: Developing a Spatial Perspective for Political Sociology
Kevin T. Leicht and J. Craig Jenkins

4. Territories of Inequality: An Essay on the Measurement and Analysis of Inequality in Grounded Place Settings
Michael D. Irwin

PART II STUDIES OF SPATIAL INEQUALITY

5. The Spatial Politics of Public Policy: Devolution, Development, and Welfare Reform
Ann R. Tickamyer, Julie Anne White, Barry L. Tadlock, and Debra A. Henderson

6. Differential Mortality across the United States: The Influence of Place-Based Inequality 
Diane K. McLaughlin, C. Shannon Stokes, P. Johnelle Smith, and Atsuko Nonoyama

7. Placing Family Poverty in Area Contexts: The Use of Multilevel Models in Spatial Research
David A. Cotter, Joan M. Hermsen, and Reeve Vanneman

8. Adios Aztlan: Mexican American Out-Migration from the Southwest
Rogelio Saenz, Cynthia M. Cready, and Maria Cristina Morales

9. A Spatial Analysis of the Urban Landscape: What Accounts for Differences across Neighborhoods?
Deirdre A. Oakley and John R. Logan

PART III THE SOCIOLOGY OF SPATIAL INEQUALITY: TOWARD A COMMON VISION

10.Space for Social Inequality Researchers: A View from Geography
Vincent J. Del Casino Jr. and John Paul Jones III

11. Conclusion: Agenda for Moving a Spatial Sociology Forward
Gregory Hooks, Linda M. Lobao, and Ann R. Tickamyer

About the Editors and Contributors
Index

Sujets

• Sociology
• Types of rural communities

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• Publié par: State University of New York Press
• Date de parution: 01 février 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780791479971
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

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The sociology of spatial inequality / edited by Linda M. Lobao, Gregory Hooks, Ann R. Tickamyer. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-7914-7107-4 (alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-7914-7108-1 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Equality. 2. Social stratification. 3. Human geography. 4. Spatial behavior. 5. Demography. 6. Political sociology. I. Lobao, Linda M., 1952– II. Hooks, Gregory Michael. III. Tickamyer, Ann R. HM821S655 2007 306.201—dc22 2006021968

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Introduction: Advancing the Sociology of Spatial Inequality Linda M. Lobao, Gregory Hooks, and Ann R. Tickamyer

PA RT I E X T E N D I N G T H E S O C I O L O G I C A L I M A G I N AT I O N A C R O S S S PA C E : C O N C E P T U A L A N D M E T H O D O L O G I C A L I S S U E S

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Advancing the Sociology of Spatial Inequality: Spaces, Places, and the Subnational Scale Linda M. Lobao and Gregory Hooks

New and Unexplored Opportunities: Developing a Spatial Perspective for Political Sociology Kevin T. Leicht and J. Craig Jenkins

Territories of Inequality: An Essay on the Measurement and Analysis of Inequality in Grounded Place Settings Michael D. Irwin

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The Spatial Politics of Public Policy: Devolution, Development, and Welfare Reform Ann R. Tickamyer, Julie Anne White, Barry L. Tadlock, and Debra A. Henderson

Differential Mortality Across the United States: The Influence of Place-Based Inequality Diane K. McLaughlin, C. Shannon Stokes, P. Johnelle Smith, and Atsuko Nonoyama

Placing Family Poverty in Area Contexts: The Use of Multilevel Models in Spatial Research David A. Cotter, Joan M. Hermsen, and Reeve Vanneman

Adios Aztlan: Mexican American Out-Migration from the Southwest Rogelio Saenz, Cynthia M. Cready, and Maria Cristina Morales

A Spatial Analysis of the Urban Landscape: What Accounts for Differences across Neighborhoods? Deirdre A. Oakley and John R. Logan

PA RT I I I T H E S O C I O L O G Y O F S PAT I A L I N E Q U A L I T Y: T OWA R D A C O M M O N V I S I O N

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Conclusion: An Agenda for Moving a Spatial Sociology Forward Gregory Hooks, Linda M. Lobao, and Ann R. Tickamyer

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Acknowledgments

This volume grew out of collective efforts to bring a spatial lens to the study of power and privilege in sociology. To address spatially oriented inequality questions, sociologists increasingly have been branching out beyond tradi- tional subfields, linking previously disparate literatures and focusing on social action across a wide range of territorial settings. To help carve out the con- ceptual, empirical, and methodological contours of the sociology of spatial inequality, Linda M. Lobao, one of the editors of this volume, was awarded a Fund for the Advancement of the Discipline Grant, a program sponsored by the American Sociological Association and National Science Foundation. The purpose of the project was to convene a workshop to develop scholarly publications that would advance the sociology of spatial inequality. This vol- ume is the outcome. A number of individuals and organizations aided in the development of the volume and the editors would like to acknowledge their efforts. Foremost we thank the American Sociological Association and National Science Foun- dation for their interest and investment in the entire project. Their support made possible the initial workshop held at The Ohio State University, Colum- bus, Ohio, in fall 2002. Its purpose was to sort out approaches to the study of spatial inequality in order to advance a more coherent and distinct sociologi- cal view. Approximately twenty-five scholars attended, a mix of sociologists whose work represents different approaches to spatial inequality and geogra- phers committed to joining a dialogue with sociologists on the topic. The edi- tors specifically would like to thank geographers Lawrence A. Brown, Kevin Cox, Meipo Kwan, Edward Malecki, and Alan Murray for sharing their time and ideas regarding the project. At The Ohio State University, funding and in-kind support for activities connected to the workshop were provided by the Center for Urban and Regional Analysis, the Department of Geography, the Department of Human and Community Resource Development, the Depart- ment of Sociology, and the Initiative in Population Research.

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