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The brief “American Century” of diminishing inequality, the post–World War II decades, finished long ago. Ever since the mid-1970s, global competitors have transformed the nation’s economy and politics, and since the severe downturn of 2008, the nation has faced disintegrating traditions of social solidarity.
The end of an era: divided we fall -- Separate assets: race, gender, and other dimensions of poverty -- Separate opportunities: competition versus inclusion -- the international dimensions of American urban poverty -- Separate places: the changing shape of the American metropolis -- Rebuilding the American city
Separate status: top-down economics and bottom-up politics -- Separate assets: race, gender, and other dimensions of poverty -- Separate opportunities: the international dimensions of American poverty -- Separate places: the changing shape of the American metropolis -- Rebuilding the American city. Access-restricted-item.
Focusing on the reality of separation—social segmentation, economic inequality, and geographic isolation—the authors examine the presence and persistence of urban poverty, the...
1 de ene. de 2012 · 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...
Separate Societies vividly documents how the urban working class has been pushed out of industrial jobs through global economic restructuring, and how the Wall Street meltdown has aggravated...
Separate Societies: Poverty and Inequality in U.S. Cities : Goldsmith, William, Blakely, Edward, Clinton, Bill: Amazon.es: Libros
