A Political Chameleon: Class Segregation in Kingston, Ontario, 1961–1976

Marxists have made conflicting claims about the political significance of residential segregation but the merits of each viewpoint have not been evaluated. Recent evidence from Kingston, Ontario indicates that segregation has had consequences that were actually contradictory for the development of local political activity. On the one hand, segregation promoted ignorance between classes, encouraging indifference and complacency on the question …