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Segregation : the rising costs for America
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Segregation : the rising costs for America

Author: James H Carr; Nandinee K Kutty
Publisher: New York, NY : Routledge, 2008.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Documents how discriminatory practices in the housing markets have produced extreme levels of residential segregation that result in significant disparities in access to good jobs, quality education,  Read more...

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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: James H Carr; Nandinee K Kutty
ISBN: 9780415965347 0415965349 0415965330 9780415965330 9780203895023 0203895029
OCLC Number: 162126790
Description: xvi, 352 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents: The new imperative for equality / James H. Carr and Nandinee K. Kutty --
Origins of economic disparities : historical role of housing segregation / Douglas S. Massey --
From credit denial to predatory lending : the challenge of sustaining minority homeownership / Kathleen C. Engel and Patricia A. McCoy --
Housing and education : the inextricable link / Deborah McKoy and Jeffrey M. Vincent --
Residential segregation and employment inequality / Margery Austin Turner --
Impacts of housing and neighborhoods on health : pathways, racial/ethnic disparities, and policy directions / Dolores Acevedo-Garcia and Theresa L. Osypuk --
Neighborhood segregation, personal networks, and access to social resources / Rachel Garshick Kleit --
Continuing isolation : segregation in America today / Ingrid Gould Ellen --
Trends in the U.S. economy : the evolving role of minorities / Dean Baker and Heather Boushey --
The prospects and pitfalls of fair housing enforcement efforts / Gregory D. Squires --
Attaining a just (and economically secure) society / James H. Carr and Nandinee K. Kutty.
Responsibility: edited by James H. Carr, Nandinee K. Kutty.
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