A way out : America's ghettos and the legacy of racism

A way out America's ghettos and the legacy of racism

After decades of hand-wringing and well-intentioned efforts to improve inner cities, ghettos remain places of degrading poverty with few jobs, much crime, failing schools, and dilapidated housing. Stepping around fruitless arguments over whether or not ghettos are dysfunctional communities that exac...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Fiss, Owen M. (-)
Otros Autores: Cohen, Joshua, 1951-, Decker, Jefferson, Rogers, Joel, 1952-
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press c2003.
Edición:Core Textbook
Materias:
Social problems > United States.
Inner cities > Government policy > United States.
Urban poor > Government policy > United States.
Occupational mobility > United States.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009436322006719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • PART I
  • What Should Be Done for Those Who Have Been Left Behind? / Fiss, Owen
  • PART II
  • Down by Law / Ford, Richard
  • Communities, Capital, and Conflicts / Meares, Tracey L.
  • Better Neighborhoods? / Coles, Robert
  • Beyond Moralizing / Thompson, J. Phillip
  • Creating Options / Hochschild, Jennifer
  • Exit and Redevelopment / Orfield, Gary
  • Relocation Works / Rosenbaum, James E.
  • Unlikely Times / Polikoff, Alexander
  • Against Social Engineering / Sleeper, Jim
  • If Baldwin Could Speak / Gregory, Steven
  • PART III
  • A Task Unfinished / Fiss, Owen
  • Notes on the Contributors
  • Index

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