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Justice and the American metropolis / Clarissa Rile Hayward and Todd Swanstrom, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Globalization and community ; v. 18.
- Globalization and community ; v. 18
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Urban policy--United States.
- Urban policy.
- Urbanization--United States.
- Urbanization.
- Sociology, Urban--United States.
- Sociology, Urban.
- Equality--United States.
- Equality.
- Justice.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (278 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Today's American cities and suburbs are the sites of "thick injustice"-unjust power relations that are deeply and densely concentrated as well as opaque and seemingly intractable. Thick injustice is hard to see, to assign responsibility for, and to change. Identifying these often invisible and intransigent problems, this volume addresses foundational questions about what justice requires in the contemporary metropolis. Essays focus on inequality within and among cities and suburbs; articulate principles for planning, redevelopment, and urban political leadership; and analyze the connection bet
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Thick Injustice; I. THE ROOTS OF INJUSTICE IN THE AMERICAN METROPOLIS; II. RETHINKING METROPOLITAN INEQUALITY; III. PLANNING FOR JUSTICE; IV. JUSTICE AND INSTITUTIONS; Contributors; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781452947822
- 1452947821
- 9780816678730
- 0816678731
- OCLC:
- 755169535
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