Stuck in Place Urban Neighborhoods and the End of Progress Toward Racial Equality

Name: Stuck in Place Urban Neighborhoods and the End of Progress Toward Racial Equality
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ISBN: 9780226924250

ISBN-10: 0226924254

ISBN-13: 9780226924250

Edition: 2013

Authors: Patrick Sharkey

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In this volume, Sharkey describes how political decisions and social policies have led to severe disinvestment from African American neighbourhoods, persistent segregation, declining economic opportunities, and a growing link between African American communities and the criminal justice system.

Book details

List price: $34.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 4/19/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 264
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

Patrick Sharkey is associate professor of sociology at New York University.



Acknowledgments



Introduction



The Inheritance of the Ghetto



A Forty-Year Detour on the Path toward Racial Equality



Neighborhoods and the Transmission of Racial Inequality



The Cross-Generational Legacy of Urban Disadvantage



Confronting the Inherited Ghetto: An Empirical Perspective



Toward a Durable Urban Policy Agenda


Notes


References


Index