Won't You Be My Neighbor Race, Class, and Residence in Los Angeles

Name: Won't You Be My Neighbor Race, Class, and Residence in Los Angeles
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ISBN: 9780871540713

ISBN-10: 0871540711

ISBN-13: 9780871540713

Edition: 2006

Authors: Camille Zubrinksy Charles

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Los Angeles is a city of delicate racial and ethnic balance. As evidenced by the 1965 Watts violence, the 1992 Rodney King riots, and this year s award-winning filmCrash, the city s myriad racial groups coexist uneasily together, often on the brink of confrontation. In fact, Los Angeles is highly segregated, with racial and ethnic groups clustered in homogeneous neighborhoods. These residential groupings have profound effects on the economic well-being and quality of life of residents, dictating which jobs they can access, which social networks they can tap in to, and which schools they attend. InWon t You Be My Neighbor?sociologist Camille Zubrinsky Charles explores how modern racial…

Book details

List price: $28.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
Publication date: 3/5/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 264
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



About the Author


Acknowledgments


Introduction



Los Angeles: A Window on the Future of the Nation



Theoretical Perspectives on the Dynamics of Racial Residential Segregation



The Economics of Housing



A Racialized Housing Market?



From Racial Attitudes to Neighborhood Racial Composition Preferences



Race and Class Aligned


Appendix


Notes


References


Index