Confronting suburban poverty in America /

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In this book, the authors take on the reality of metropolitan poverty and opportunity in America, explain the source and impact of these important developments, and present ideas on addressing them. For decades, suburbs added poor residents at a faster pace than cities, so that suburbia is now home...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kneebone, Elizabeth
Other Authors: Berube, Alan
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2013]
Subjects:
Poor > Government policy > United States.
Poor > United States.
Suburbs > United States > Economic conditions.
Pauvres > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Poverty & Homelessness.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Economic Policy.
Poor
Poor > Government policy
Suburbs > Economic conditions.
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Poverty and the suburbs : an introduction
  • Suburban poverty, by the numbers
  • Behind the numbers : what's driving suburban poverty?
  • The implications of suburban poverty
  • Fighting today's poverty with yesterday's policies
  • Innovating locally to confront suburban poverty
  • Modernizing the metropolitan opportunity agenda.

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