Metropolitics

The importance of the neighborhood in Chicago and elsewhere

Eliza Benites-Gambirazio — 2014-03-19T05:55:00Z

The latest work by Robert Sampson, released to positive reviews, shows the sustainable effects of internal social dynamics within neighborhoods in terms of the vulnerability of their residents and the reproduction of these dynamics over time. It calls for action to be taken as a matter of priority to change the way social life is organized in underprivileged neighborhoods.
Published in 2012, Robert Sampson's book immediately became a must-read of American sociology for those who are

- Reviews / ghetto, segregation, Chicago, inequalities, United States, neighborhood, Chicago School, neighborhood effects

Racism: a blind spot in French urban sociology?

Élise Palomares & translated by Oliver Waine — 2013-10-02T04:45:00Z

Why has the analysis of interethnic relations been so long ignored by French urban sociology? For Élise Palomares, although the fading memory of the Chicago School's legacy and a partial vision of social relations have meant that racism has been somewhat “off the radar” in France, recent work has opened up new avenues of research.
Translated with the support of the Institut Français Series: Urban Studies in France The city – the destination of predilection for migrants both national and

- Essays / banlieue, Chicago, racism, social diversity, suburbs, sociology, Chicago School, race