The servant class city : urban revitalization versus the working poor in San Diego / David J. Karjanen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Karjanen, David J., author.

Series:

Globalization and community ; vol. 25.

Globalization and community ; 25

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urban renewal--California--San Diego.

Poor--California--San Diego.

Low-income housing--California--San Diego.

Low-income housing.

Poor.

Urban renewal.

California--San Diego.

Physical Description:

xi, 292 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2016]

Summary:

San Diego, California, is frequently viewed as a model for American urban revitalization. It looks like a success story, with blight and poverty replaced by high-rises and jobs. But David J. Karjanen shows that the much-touted job opportunities for poor people have been concentrated in low-paying service work as the cost of living in San Diego has soared. The Servant Class City documents how, over a period of three decades, San Diego's urban transformation actually eroded the economic standing of the city's working poor. Book jacket.

Contents:

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Changing urban fortunes

Subsidizing capital and expanding low-wage work

A good job is hard to find

Working in the servant class

Working in the hospitality industry

Working retail in the inner city

Working on, off, and around the books

Living in the servant class economy

Do-it-yourself safety nets

Asset poverty and the high cost of fringe banking

The low-income trap: barriers to economic mobility

Conclusion: an expanding servant class or a pathway to prosperity?

Appendix A. The communities

Appendix B. Servant class occupations in san diego

Appendix C. Survey data and methodology chronology

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780816694624

0816694621

9780816697489

0816697485

OCLC:

936205200