Policy-makers tend to view ethnic segregation of minority ethnic group in a negative light as it is seen as an obstacle to their integration. This book shows, however, that desegregation does not necessarily signify integration and that ethnic concentration may play a positive role in the incorporation of immigrants into the host society. It was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.

1. Introduction Gideon Bolt, A. Sule Özüekren and Deborah Phillips 2. Transnational Tense: Immigration and Inequality in American Housing Markets Elvin K. Wyly, Deborah G. Martin, Pablo Mendez and Steven R. Holloway 3. Minority Ethnic Segregation, Integration and Citizenship: a European Perspective Deborah Phillips 4. De-Segregation, Peripheralization and the Social Exclusion of Immigrants - Southern European Cities in the 1990s Sonia Arbaci and Jorge Malheiros 5. Faith and Housing in England: Promoting Community Cohesion or Contributing to Urban Segregation? John Flint 6. 'The Others Don't Want...' Small-Scale Segregation: Hegemonic Public Discourses and Racial Boundaries in German Neighbourhoods Sabine Gruner 7. Does Spatial Concentration Always Mean a Lack of Integration? Exploring Ethnic Concentration and Integration in Toronto Robert Murdie and Sutama Ghosh 8. Do People Who Like Diversity Practice Diversity in Neighbourhood Life? Neighbourhood Use and the Social Networks of 'Diversity-Seekers' in a Mixed Neighbourhood in the Netherlands Talja Blokland and Gwen van Eijk 9. Ethnic Segregation and Residential Mobility: Relocations of Minority Ethnic Groups in the Netherlands Gideon Bolt and Ronald van Kempen 10. Housing Experiences of Turkish (Im)migrants in Berlin and Istanbul: Internal Differentiation and Segregation A. Sule Özüekren and Ebru Ergoz-Karahan