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Unequal city : race, schools, and perceptions of injustice / Carla Shedd.
LIBRA LC3733.C4 S54 2015
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shedd, Carla.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Minority students--Illinois--Chicago.
- Minority students.
- Segregation in education--Illinois--Chicago.
- Segregation in education.
- Discrimination in education--Illinois--Chicago.
- Discrimination in education.
- Social stratification--Illinois--Chicago.
- Social stratification.
- Equality--Illinois--Chicago.
- Equality.
- Racism--Illinois--Chicago.
- Racism.
- Illinois--Chicago.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 225 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Russell Sage Foundation, [2015]
- Summary:
- Chicago has long struggled with racial residential segregation, high rates of poverty, and deepening class stratification, and can be a challenging place for adolescents to grow up. Unequal City examines the ways in which Chicago's most vulnerable residents navigate their neighborhoods, life opportunities, and encounters with the law. In this pioneering analysis of the intersection of race, place, and opportunity, sociologist and criminal justice expert Carla Shedd illuminates how schools either reinforce or ameliorate the social inequalities that shape the worlds of these adolescents. By amplifying the oft-ignored voices of marginalized adolescents, Unequal City opens a door onto a generation whose perceptions and experiences reflect the growing inequalities in contemporary society. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Introduction: Crossing Boundaries of Race, Class, and Neighborhood 1
- Chapter 2 "And We Are Not Saved": Safe Passage Through a Changing Educational Landscape 19
- Chapter 3 Of the Meaning of Progress 45
- Chapter 4 The Universal Carceral Apparatus 80
- Chapter 5 To Serve and Protect? 120
- Chapter 6 Conclusion: Paradoxes of Progress 157.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Harry E. Humphreys Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780871547965
- 0871547961
- OCLC:
- 905344185
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