Legally enforced segregation

Date and country of first publication^[1]

1985
South Africa

Definition

Legally enforced segregation refers to the system of laws and regulations that require the separation of individuals or groups based on characteristics such as race, ethnicity, or religion. This form of segregation was commonly practiced in the United States during the Jim Crow era, where laws mandated racial segregation in public facilities, schools, housing, and other areas of society. This system institutionalized discrimination and inequality, and was eventually abolished through the Civil Rights Movement and legal challenges to segregation laws.

Related segregation forms

Legally enforced segregation is frequently discussed in the literature with the following segregation forms:

residential 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).

References

Notes

↑ Date and country of first publication as informed by the Scopus database (December 2023).

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