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DIVERSITY AND DIVERSIFICATION RESEARCH

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 January 2019

Herbert J. Gans
Herbert J. Gans*
Affiliation:
Department of Sociology, Columbia University
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*Corresponding author: Herbert J. Gans, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Columbia University, 606 West 122nd Street, New York, NY 10027. E-mail: hjg1@columbia.edu
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Abstract

This paper argues that diversity is more than just a mixing of people perceived as different, and consists of activities and relationships much like other social phenomena. Consequently, there is much to be studied, beginning with the diversification process by which diversity is implemented. Since diversification is often initiated as a deliberate policy, researchers can be helpful to policy makers, especially with empirical research that addresses their policy related questions.

Keywords

DiversityDiversificationDiversification policyRacial diversityAnti-Diversification
Type
State of the Discipline
Information
Du Bois Review: Social Science Research on Race , Volume 15 , Issue 2 , Fall 2018 , pp. 245 - 255
Copyright
Copyright © Hutchins Center for African and African American Research 2019 

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