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170 p. ill |
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eBook Academic Collection - North America
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| Summary |
Annotation In the United States today, quality of life depends heavily on where one lives'but high levels of racial segregation in residential communities make it frustratingly difficult to disentangle the effects of place from those of race. Gregory Squires and Charis Kubrin tackle these issues head-on, exploring how inequities resulting from the intersection of race and place, coupled with the effects of public policy, permeate and shape structures of opportunity in the United States.Gregory D. Squires is professor of sociology at George Washington University. His publications include Color and Money: Politics and Prospects for the Community Reinvestment Movement in Urban America and Capital and Communities in Black and White: The Intersections of Race, Class, and Uneven Development. Charis E. Kubrin is assistant professor of sociology at George Washington University. She is coeditor of Crime and Society (2nd edition) and has published numerous articles on race and crime.Contents: Race and Place. Accessing Traditionally Inaccessible Neighborhoods. Predatory Lending: The New Redlining. Racial Profiling, Insurance Style. How Home Mortgage Money Reduces Crime. Residence and Recidivism. Race, Place, and the Politics of Privilege. |
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Scholarly & Professional Lynne Rienner Publishers |
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Kubrin, Charis E. Author
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eBook Academic Collection - North America
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| ISBN |
9781588264497 |
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1588264491 (Library Binding) USD 25.00 Retail Price (Publisher) Active Record |
| OCLC # |
sseb_ssj0001472744 |
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