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This dissertation examines Colombia’s socioeconomic stratification system (SES), anofficial scheme to classify the country’s housing stock into six strata in order to crosssubsidizeutility rates. Established in law in 1994, the SES assigns strata to residentialbuildings based on…

This ethnographic case study is about what has happened in a small New England city since it underwent tremendous demographic changes beginning in the 1990s. For most of its history, Danbury, Connecticut was unusually receptive to immigrant populations, especially in contrast to…

My dissertation investigates the sources of popular opposition to mosques in Spain. I contrast the metropolitan area of Barcelona, where opposition to mosques has been frequent and intense, with that of Madrid, where opposition has occurred in just one city, despite the fact tha…

How do social movements shape our notions of "us" and "them"? This dissertation reveals that most movements fail to influence the representation of Muslims within the public sphere. In their place, a variety of marginal or "fringe" movements exert powerful influence over the pub…