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Cities Final: Macionis Ch11-13
Cities and Urban Life
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Sociology
Undergraduate 2
11/28/2011

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chain migration
Definition
pattern of migrants settling near family and friends
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de facto segregation
Definition
unequal treatment based on social customs and traditions
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de jure segregation
Definition
unequal treatment established by law
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push-pull factors
Definition
combination of factors that drive one from the homeland and lure that migrant to another locale
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index of dissimilarity
Definition
(Taeubers) a measurement tool for determining the level of segregation in a neighborhood (0-100)
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hypersegregation
Definition
intense grouping of a racial group within a geographic area
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parallel social institutions
Definition
a minority group, community support network of clubs, churches, organizations, stores, and media to share the commonality of language and culture
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racial profiling
Definition
targeting individuals of a specific group on the assumption they are more likely to commit illegal acts than are individuals of other groups
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gendered spaces
Definition
organization of space that reflects and reinforces unequal distinctions due to differences in gender status
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hostile environment
Definition
a setting in which members of a particular group are made uncomfortable because of comments made, images displayed, or other inappropriate behavior
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ordered segmentation
Definition
Suttles' term for a marked social order based on race and ethnicity
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urban renewal
Definition
federal funding of slum clearance and the building of new buildings in their place
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eminent domain
Definition
legal right of government to seize private property for public use, given fairly compensated
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gentrification
Definition
movement of more affluent North Americans back into older, often decaying areas in the city
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New Urbanism
Definition
an approach to urban design incorporating sociological principles in physical design, such as walkability, mixed building types and activities, and social interaction
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social promotion
Definition
policy of moving children through grades with their age peers regardless of learning achievement
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magnet schools
Definition
schools offering special programs to attract students from many districts to achieve integration
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school voucher
Definition
used to place a child in the public or private school of a parent's choice by applying the state's share of the cost for educating the child
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charter school
Definition
private schools that operate with less state regulation so teachers and administrators can try out new teaching strategies
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absolute poverty
Definition
lack of sufficient resources to secure the basic necessities of life
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relative poverty
Definition
lack of resources of some people in comparison to others who have more
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defensible space
Definition
physical design that promotes safety through ongoing natural surveillance
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community policing
Definition
an approach that increases interaction and cooperation between law enforcement agencies and the people and neighborhoods they serve
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strategic policing
Definition
an aggressive tactic of deploying increased patrols, decoys, and sting operations in locales identified through frequent computer analyses as high-crime areas
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primate cities
Definition
principal cities that are extremely large compared to other cities in the country
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primacy ratio
Definition
extent of the dominance of a country's primate city, computed by dividing its population by the pop. of its 2nd largest city
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colonization
Definition
when a dominant group or country establishes control over another country or area, often for exploitation purposes
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apartheid
Definition
a formal policy of racial segregation that once existed in South Africa
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total fertility rate
Definition
average number of children a woman has during her lifetime
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urban agglomeration
Definition
a city with continuous spread around it encompassing a few other towns and outgrowths, based on the core town; a metropolitan area
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megacity
Definition
a metropolitan area that constitutes its own megalopolis because the pop within its municipal boundary is greater than 10 million
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