The Nature of Micro-Segregation

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2026
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Abstract
Abstract This introductory chapter reviews micro-level perspectives on segregation, beginning with the work of W. E. B. Du Bois on racialized subjectivity, continuing to the idealized conditions for intergroup contact in Gordon Allport’s theory of prejudice, and ending with contemporary studies on the micro-ecology of segregation. It proposes a framework for understanding distinctive conditions for interpersonal contact and prejudice under macro- and micro-segregation. The chapter analyzes institutional variation in those conditions through a comparative lens, which addresses the relationship between micro-segregation and prejudice in a range of historical settings. The settings vary in the extent to which they institutionalize particular deviations from “optimal” conditions for contact. But they exhibit a common emphasis on the spatial proximity of individuals from different social groups, accompanied by entrenched mechanisms for maintaining intergroup boundaries.
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Authors Martin Ruef, Angelina Grigoryeva
Journal Oxford University Press eBooks
Year 2026
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10.1093/oso/9780197841426.003.0001
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https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197841426.003.0001
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