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The Geography of Opportunity: Race and Housing Choice in Metropolitan America
2005 THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION ;ISBN: 0815797788 ;ISBN: 9780815797784 ;ISBN: 9780815708735 ;ISBN: 0815708734 ;EISBN: 0815797788 ;EISBN: 9780815797784 ;OCLC: 62746142 ;LCCallNum: HD7288.76.U5G46 2005
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Title:
The Geography of Opportunity: Race and Housing Choice in Metropolitan America
Author:
de Souza Briggs, Xavier
;
Wilson, William Julius
William Julius Wilson
;
Briggs, Xavier de Souza
;
Xavier de Souza Briggs
Subjects:
Business
;
City Planning & Urban Development
;
Discrimination in
housing
;
Housing
;
Housing
policy
;
Low-income
housing
;
Metropolitan areas
;
POLITICAL SCIENCE
;
Public Policy
;
Race
;
Regional Planning
;
Residential mobility
;
Social
housing
;
Social inequality
;
U.S.A
;
United States
;
Urban studies
Description:
A popular version of history trumpets the United States as a diverse "nation of immigrants," welcome to all. The truth, however, is that local communities have a long history of ambivalence toward new arrivals and minorities. Persistent patterns of segregation by race and income still exist in housing and schools, along with a growing emphasis on rapid metropolitan development (sprawl) that encourages upwardly mobile families to abandon older communities and their problems. This dual pattern is becoming increasingly important as America grows more diverse than ever and economic inequality increases. Two recent trends compel new attention to these issues. First, the geography of race and class represents a crucial litmus test for the new "regionalism"-the political movement to address the linked fortunes of cities and suburbs. Second, housing has all but disappeared as a major social policy issue over the past two decades. This timely book shows how unequal housing choices and sprawling development create an unequal geography of opportunity. It emerges from a project sponsored by the Civil Rights Project at Harvard University in collaboration with the Joint Center for Housing Studies and the Brookings Institution. The contributors-policy analysts, political observers, social scientists, and urban planners-document key patterns, their consequences, and how we can respond, taking a hard look at both successes and failures of the past. Place still matters, perhaps more than ever. High levels of segregation shape education and job opportunity, crime and insecurity, and long-term economic prospects. These problems cannot be addressed effectively if society assumes that segregation will take care of itself. Contributors include William Apgar (Harvard University), Judith Bell (PolicyLink), Angela Glover Blackwell (PolicyLink), Allegra Calder (Harvard), Karen Chapple (Cal-Berkeley), Camille Charles (Penn), Mary Cunningham (Urban Institute), Casey Dawkins (Virginia
Related Titles:
James A. Johnson Metro Series
Publisher:
Blue Ridge Summit: Brookings Institution Press
Creation Date:
2006
Format:
353
Language:
English
Identifier:
ISBN: 0815797788
ISBN: 9780815797784
ISBN: 9780815708735
ISBN: 0815708734
EISBN: 0815797788
EISBN: 9780815797784
OCLC: 62746142
LCCallNum: HD7288.76.U5G46 2005
Source:
Ebook Central Academic Complete
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