Detroit after bankruptcy : are there trends towards an inclusive city? / Joe T. Darden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Darden, Joe T., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Michigan--Detroit--Economic conditions.

African Americans.

African Americans--Housing--Michigan--Detroit.

Detroit (Mich.)--Social conditions--21st century.

Detroit (Mich.).

Detroit (Mich.)--Economic conditions--21st century.

Detroit (Mich.)--Race relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 233 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Bristol, England : Bristol University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Detroit is the first city of its size to become bankrupt and policy-makers have argued that, since then, it has entered a 'new beginning'. This book analyses whether Detroit's patterns of inequality on race and class lines still exist and whether the city is truly reversing its decline.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

List of Figures and Tables

Acknowledgments

Preface

Antecedents to Bankruptcy

Detroit Bankruptcy: The Characteristics of the Decision Makers and the Differential Benefits Afterwards

The Postbankruptcy Social and Spatial Structure of Metropolitan Detroit: Anatomy of Class and Racial Residential Segregation

Gentrification: A New Method to Measure Where the Process Is Occurring by Neighborhood

The Uneven Distribution of Economic Redevelopment: Which Neighborhoods Are Excluded?

Black and Hispanic Underrepresentation in Business Ownership in a Majority-Black City

Racial Inequality in Student Academic Achievement Levels: A Neighborhood Solution to the Problem

Unequal Exposure to Crime in the City of Detroit: A New Method to Measure Exposure by the Characteristics of Neighborhoods

Solving the Problem of Extreme Race and Class Inequality: Implementing the Spatial Mobility Alternative

Conclusions: The Status of the Residents of Detroit after Bankruptcy

References

Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 25 Jan 2024).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-5292-3569-3

1-5292-3568-5

OCLC:

1392082551