Separate Societies : Poverty and Inequality in U.S. Cities

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goldsmith, William.

Contributor:

Blakely, Edward.

Series:

Conflicts in urban and regional development

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Inner cities--United States.

Urban poor--United States.

Urban renewal--United States.

Urban poor.

Inner cities.

Urban renewal.

Regional planning--United States.

Regional planning.

Local Subjects:

Inner cities--United States.

Urban poor--United States.

Urban renewal--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (269 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Economic and political forces no longer combat poverty-they generate poverty!"" exclaim William Goldsmith and Edward Blakely in their report on the plight of American's urban poor. In this revised and updated edition of their 1992 book Separate Societies, the authors present a compelling examination of the damaging divisions that isolate poor city minority residents from the middle-class suburban majority. They pay special attention to how the needs of the permanently poor have been unmet through the alternating years of promises and neglect, and propose a progressive tu

Contents:

Contents; List of Illustrations and Tables; Foreword to the Second Edition, by President Bill Clinton; Acknowledgments; 1. The End of an Era: Divided We Fall; 2. Separate Assets: Race, Gender, and Other Dimensions of Poverty; 3. Separate Opportunities: Competition versus Inclusion-The International Dimensions of American Urban Poverty; 4. Separate Places: The Changing Shape of the American Metropolis; 5. Rebuilding the American City; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9781439902936

1439902933

OCLC:

648711487