Clearing the Way: Deconcentrating the Poor in Urban America

Clearing the Way: Deconcentrating the Poor in Urban America (Urban Institute Press)
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Over the past three decades, the concentration of poverty in Americaâ€™s inner cities has exacerbated a wide range of social problems. School delinquency, school dropout, teenage pregnancy, out-of-wedlock childbirth, violent crime, and drug abuse are magnified in neighborhoods where the majority of residents are poor. In response, policymakers have embarked on a large and coordinated effort to â€œdeconcentrateâ€ the urban poor by dispersing the residents of subsidized housing. Despite the clean logic of these policies, however, deconcentration is not a clean process. In Clearing the Way, Edward Goetz goes beyond the narrow analysis that has informed the debate so far, using the experience of Minneapolis-Saint Paul to explore the fierce political debate and complicated issues that arise when public housing residents are dispersed, sometimes against their will. Along the way, he explores the cases for and against deconcentrating the poor, the programs used to pursue this goal, and the research used to evaluate their success. Clearing the Way offers important lessons for policymakers, activists, and anyone interested in poverty in America.
Country USA
Brand Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Manufacturer Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780877667124
ReleaseDate 2003-06-05
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780877667124

Country	USA
Brand	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Manufacturer	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780877667124
ReleaseDate	2003-06-05
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780877667124

Clearing the Way: Deconcentrating the Poor in Urban America (Urban Institute Press)

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