Reconfiguring Belonging in the Suburban US South: Diversity, 'Merit' and the Persistence of White Privilege

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 618-640

  Nagel, Caroline R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Columbia; Race; South Carolina; Suburbs; US South; White privilege

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CIVIL RIGHTS; CLASS; HOMOGENEITY; IMMIGRANT; MINORITY GROUP; NEIGHBORHOOD; RACIAL DISPARITY; SUBURBAN AREA; SUBURBANIZATION;

SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874355430     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2013.01213.x     Document Type: Article

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