The price of paradise : the costs of inequality and a vision for a more equitable America /

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"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Troutt, David Dante
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2013]
Subjects:
Equality > United States.
Racism > United States.
Social stratification > United States.
Social mobility > United States.
Income distribution > United States.
Racisme > États-Unis.
Stratification sociale > États-Unis.
Mobilité sociale > États-Unis.
Revenu > Répartition > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
Equality
Income distribution
Racism
Social mobility
Social stratification
Gleichheit
Mittelstand
Recht
Segregation > Soziologie
Soziale Gerechtigkeit
United States
USA
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Mutuality : the thief, the preacher, and the late-night lawyer
  • All this I made myself : assuming that middle-class lives are self-sufficient
  • Keep your distance : assuming that middle-class status requires distance from the poor
  • The promise half empty : assuming that segregation is a thing of the past
  • We renamed the problem and it disappeared : assuming that racism no longer limits minority chances
  • Islands without paradise : assuming that poverty results from weak values and poor decisions
  • Raceless wonders : assuming that racial labels no longer matter
  • The cost of inequality and a vision for a more equitable America.

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