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Desegregating the city : ghettos, enclaves, and inequality / edited by David P. Varady.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Varady, David P.
Series:
SUNY series in African American studies.
SUNY series in African American studies
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Inner cities--United States.
Inner cities.
Segregation--United States.
Segregation.
United States--Ethnic relations.
United States.
United States--Social conditions--1980-2020.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (333 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, c2005.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Multidisciplinary perspectives on segregation in the United States and other developed countries.
Contents:
Intro
Desegregating the City: Ghettos, Enclaves, and Inequality
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
INTRODUCTION
Part I. Defining Segregation and Its Consequences
1. ENCLAVES YES, GHETTOS NO: Segregation and the State
2. THE GHETTO AND THE ETHNIC ENCLAVE
3. ETHNIC SEGREGATION IN A MULTICULTURAL CITY
4. URBAN ETHNIC SEGREGATION AND THE SCENARIOS SPECTRUM
5. SOCIAL CAPITAL AND SEGREGATION IN THE UNITED STATES
6. CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF RAPID URBAN SPATIAL SEGREGATION: The New Towns of Tegucigalpa
Part II. Housing Markets, Public Policies, and Land Use
7. EXPERIENCING RESIDENTIAL SEGREGATION A: Contemporary Study of Washington, D.C.
8. INEQUALITY, SEGREGATION, AND HOUSING MARKETS: The U.S. Case
9. AN ECONOMIC VIEW OF THE CAUSES AS WELL AS THE COSTS AND SOME OF THE BENEFITS OF URBAN SPATIAL SEGREGATION
10. DOES DENSITY EXACERBATE INCOME SEGREGATION? EVIDENCE FROM U.S. METROPOLITAN AREAS, 1980-1990
11. SPRAWL AND SEGREGATION: Another Side of the Los Angeles Debate
12. HOUSING SUBSIDIES AND URBAN SEGREGATION: A Reflection on the Case of South Africa
13. SUBURBS AND SEGREGATION IN SOUTH AFRICAN CITIES: A Challenge for Metropolitan Governance in the Early Twenty-First Century
14. CONCLUSION: Desegregating the City
Bibliography
Contributors
index
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
Y
Z.
Notes:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-290) and index.
ISBN:
9780791483282
0791483282
9781423744214
1423744217
OCLC:
461442673

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