ISBN:
9780814760550
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (284 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version The Price of Paradise : The Costs of Inequality and a Vision for a More Equitable America
DDC:
305.50973
Keywords:
Equality ; United States
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Racism ; United States
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Social stratification ; United States
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Social mobility ; United States
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Income distribution ; United States
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Abstract:
Many American communities, especially the working and middle class, are facing chronic problems: fiscal stress, urban decline, environmental sprawl, failing schools, mass incarceration, political isolation, disproportionate foreclosures, and severe public health risks. In The Price of Paradise , David Dante Troutt argues that it is a lack of what he calls ""regional equity"" in our local decision making that has led to this looming crisis now facing so many cities and local governments. Unless we adopt policies that take into consideration all class levels, he argues, the underlying inequity
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; Introduction; 1 Mutuality: The Thief, the Preacher, and the Late-Night Lawyer; 2 All This I Made Myself: Assuming That Middle-Class Lives Are Self-Sufficient; 3 Keep Your Distance: Assuming That Middle-Class Status Requires Distance from the Poor; 4 The Promise Half Empty: Assuming That Segregation Is a Thing of the Past; 5 We Renamed the Problem and It Disappeared: Assuming That Racism No Longer Limits Minority Chances; 6 Islands without Paradise: Assuming That Poverty Results from Weak Values and Poor Decisions
Description / Table of Contents:
7 Raceless Wonders: Assuming That Racial Labels No Longer Matter8 The Costs of Inequality and a Vision for a More Equitable America; Acknowledgments; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; About the Author
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