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Title Urban emergency (mis)management and the crisis of neoliberalism : Flint, MI in context / edited by Terressa A. Benz and Graham Cassano.

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Series Studies in critical social sciences ; v. 184.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction: The Flint Sacrifice Zone -- 1 Where We Are Today -- 2 Stigmatizing Michigan's (Post-industrial) Sacrifice Zones -- 3 Prospectus of the Work -- 3.1 Structure in Context -- 3.2 Reaction and Resistance -- References -- Part 1 Structure in Context -- Chapter 1 Neoliberalism, Urban Policy and Environmental Degradation -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Racial Politics and Subjectivities of Michigan's em Process -- 3 Roots of Neoliberalism
4 Michigan's Municipal Financial Emergency Laws -- 5 A Tale of Two Frameworks -- 6 What Did ems Do? -- 6.1 Cost Cutting -- 6.2 Revenue Enhancement and Emergency Loans -- 6.3 Privatization of Services -- 7 Short Term Fixes, Long Term Viability and Local Austerity -- 8 The Environmental Impact of Strategic and Structural Racism -- 9 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2 Colorblind Michigan: The Legal Impossibility of Environmental Justice in Flint and Southwest Detroit -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Environmental Caste Systems -- 3 Neoliberalism -- 4 Equal Protection in Practice
5 Environmental (Lack of) Regulation -- 6 The "State" of Michigan -- 6.1 Flint, MI -- 6.2 Jefferies Subdivision of Boynton, MI -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3 Stockton Isn't Flint, or Is It? Race and Space in Comparative Crisis Driven Urbanization -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Recasting Crisis Driven Urbanization: Race and Space -- 2.1 Racialized Crisis Driven Urbanization and Water Crisis Formation in Flint and Stockton -- 3 Racialized Crisis Driven Urbanization -- 3.1 Crisis Period 1: The Great Depression and New Deal Recovery, 1930s to 1940
3.2 Crisis Period 2: Redevelopment and Concatenated Urban Crises, 1940 to 1970s -- 3.3 Crisis Period 3: School Desegregation and Financial Instability, 1970s to 2010s -- 3.4 Race, Risk, and Resilience in the Current Water Crises -- 3.4.1 Flint -- 3.4.2 Stockton -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4 Too Close to Home: The Incidence and Health Effects of Neighborhood Neglect in Flint, Michigan -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Impact of Dwelling Characteristics and Socioeconomic Status on Lead Exposure -- 3 Data and Method -- 4 The Significance of Independent Variables
4.1 Michigan's Treatment of Brownfield Sites -- 4.2 Problems with Gasoline in Flint -- 4.3 Water Main Breaks -- 4.4 Water Lead Levels above Action Level -- 5 Hypotheses -- 6 Results -- 7 Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5 Housing Waste: The Lakeside Public Housing Complex, Pontiac, Michigan -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Lakeside Housing Complex, 1950-2002 -- 2.1 The Ban on Public Housing -- 2.2 Stigma -- 2.3 Deterioration -- 2.4 Demolition -- 3 Contexts: Demographic Change and Deindustrialization -- 4 After Demolition: Bankruptcy and Emergency Management in Pontiac -- References
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Leiden, Netherlands Available via World Wide Web.
Note Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 08, 2021).
Subject Water-supply -- Michigan -- Flint -- Management.
Crisis management -- Michigan -- Flint -- Management.
Neoliberalism -- United States.
Added Author Benz, Terressa A., editor.
Cassano, Graham, editor.
E.J. Brill (Firm)
Related To Print version: Urban emergency (mis)management and the crisis of neoliberalism Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2021 9789004446168 (DLC) 2021013076
ISBN 9789004446175 electronic book
9004446176 electronic book
9789004446168 hardcover
OCLC # 2021013077
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