Stuck in Place: Urban Neighborhoods and the End of Progress

Stuck in Place: Urban Neighborhoods and the End of Progress toward Racial Equality
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In the 1960s, many believed that the civil rights movementâ‚¬s successes would foster a new era of racial equality in America. Four decades later, the degree of racial inequality has barely changed. To understand what went wrong, Patrick Sharkey argues that we have to understand what has happened to African American communities over the last several decades. In Stuck in Place, Sharkey describes how political decisions and social policies have led to severe disinvestment from black neighborhoods, persistent segregation, declining economic opportunities, and a growing link between African American communities and the criminal justice system.
As a result, neighborhood inequality that existed in the 1970s has been passed down to the current generation of African Americans. Some of the most persistent forms of racial inequality, such as gaps in income and test scores, can only be explained by considering the neighborhoods in which black and white families have lived over multiple generations. This multigenerational nature of neighborhood inequality also means that a new kind of urban policy is necessary for our nationâ‚¬s cities. Sharkey argues for urban policies that have the potential to create transformative and sustained changes in urban communities and the families that live within them, and he outlines a durable urban policy agenda to move in that direction.
Country USA
Brand University of Chicago Press
Manufacturer University of Chicago Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780226924250
ReleaseDate 2013-04-19
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9780226924250

Country	USA
Brand	University of Chicago Press
Manufacturer	University of Chicago Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780226924250
ReleaseDate	2013-04-19
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9780226924250

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

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