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Title: Latinos and Neo-Regionalism in Metropolitan Chicago

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Publication Year: 2010

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Abstract: Urban analysis in the United States traditionally characterized central cities as ports of entry for new immigrants. Yet, increasingly, immigrants to Americanmetropolitan areas settle in towns and communities that may be many miles from the most proximate central city. This is certainly true of the Chicago metropolitan areas Latinopopulation, whose numerical majority now resides, not in the city of Chicago, but in adjoining Cook County and the six collar counties beyond Cook, a demographic shiftwith major implications for regional policy making. After a brief historical overview, this white paper addresses an emergent regionalist philosophy and associated policy recommendations that have been advanced by leading Chicago-area civic organizations in recent years. The paper goes on to examine demographic, economic, and political indicators that provide a context for interpreting thecontemporary situation of the Latino population in the Chicago metropolitan area. As the Latino presence in the area continues to grow, forward-thinking civic leaders have begun to reconceptualize how metropolitan growth in general can be both promoted and more effectively directed. Chicagos contemporary regionalists typically propose policyinnovations involving multiple governments or public sectorprivate sector collaboration. These initiatives seek to improve the overall economic competitiveness of the Chicago region while reducing local disparities in the quality of public services, enhancing the convenience and sustainability of development patterns, and providing better occupational and residential opportunities for all Chicagoans.Advocates of neo-regionalism recognize that Chicagos Latino population, while currently disadvantaged in some significant respects, represents great economic and civicpotential, which must not be squandered if the region as a whole is to prosper. The paper concludes by proposing future lines of inquiry that will assist policymakers by monitoring Latinos progress in the region.

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Authors: Spirou, Costas; Bennett, Larry; Koval, John

Editors: John P. Koval,

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Publisher Location: Notre Dame, IN

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Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Housing and Segregation, Other, Race and Ethnicity

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