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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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"A work of impressive and seminal scholarship by truly knowledgeable academics and activists, Segregation: The Rising Costs For America is a core addition to professional and academic library collections, and a highly recommended addition to social activist and student reading lists with respect to contemporary race relations in America" -- The Midwest Book Review, August 2008 "In this collection, 15 specialists, a mix of academics and practioners, examine housing discrimination in the US and how it contributes to the poverty of minorities..Recommended." -- E.C. Erickson, Choice This book is highly recommended to other readers like researchers on segregation and integration issues. Saeid Abbasian Jonkoping International Business School Read more...
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- Discrimination in housing -- United States.
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- United States -- Race relations.
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