Statutory segregation

Date and country of first publication

1998
United States

Definition

Statutory segregation refers to enforced separation or segregation of individuals by law. This can occur based on various factors such as race, ethnicity, religion, gender, or age. The concept of statutory segregation typically involves the use of legal regulations or statutes that mandate the separation of certain groups of people. It has been historically used to enforce discrimination and maintain unequal treatment.

Related segregation forms

Statutory segregation is frequently discussed in the literature with the following segregation forms:

racial segregation

This visualization is based on the study The Multidisciplinary Landscape of Segregation Research.

For the complete network of interrelated segregation forms, please refer to:

• First year of publication

• Louvain clusters

• Betweenness centrality

• Disciplines in which segregation forms first emerged (Scopus database).

Statutory segregation appears in the following literature

Halcoussis D., Lowenberg A.D. (1998). Local public goods and Jim Crow. Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 154(4), 1-621. https://doi.org/