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Policing the racial divide : urban growth politics and the remaking of segregation / Daanika Gordon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gordon, Daanika, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Police--United States--Case studies.
- Police.
- Police-community relations--United States--Case studies.
- Police-community relations.
- Segregation--United States--Case studies.
- Segregation.
- Urbanization--Social aspects--United States--Case studies.
- Urbanization.
- Urban policy--United States--Case studies.
- Urban policy.
- Equality--United States--Case studies.
- Equality.
- United States--Race relations--Case studies.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New York University Press, [2022]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- "This book explores the relationships between racial segregation, urban governance, and policing in a postindustrial city. Drawing on rich ethnographic data and in-depth interviews, Gordon shows how the police augmented racial inequalities in service provision and social control by aligning their priorities with those of the city's urban growth coalition"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Urban governance, policing, and the making of a segregated city
- The promises and perils of the River City redistricting
- Policing the East District
- Policing the West District
- Policing segregation boundaries
- Policing and the social structure of segregation
- Conclusion
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4798-1407-5
- OCLC:
- 1302010887
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