Browsing by Author "Amaro, Gabriel Hernandez"

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Municipal Fragmetation and Racial Residential Segregation: Moving Beyond Aggregate Analyses by Exploring Impacts of Municipal Boundaries within Metropolitan Areas

Amaro, Gabriel Hernandez (2016-12-06)

This dissertation study tested the hypothesis that greater political fragmentation in a metropolitan area increases the degree of residential segregation between non-Hispanic whites and non-Hispanic blacks. The questions ...
Political Fragmentation and Its Effects on Residential Segregation

Amaro, Gabriel Hernandez (2013-11-25)

In this thesis, I investigate the relationship between black-white residential segregation in U.S. metropolitan areas, and the amount of political fragmentation within the metro area. Using the dissimilarity index calculated ...