Saving our cities : a progressive plan to transform urban America /

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In 'Saving Our Cities', William W. Goldsmith shows how cities can be places of opportunity rather then places with problems. With strongly revived cities and suburbs, working as places that serve all their residents, metropolitan areas will thrive, thus making the national economy more pro...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Goldsmith, William W. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2016.
Subjects:
Urban policy > United States.
City planning > United States.
Sociology, Urban > United States.
Politique urbaine > États-Unis.
Sociologie urbaine > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Urban.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > City Planning & Urban Development.
City planning
Sociology, Urban
Urban policy
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : looking upstream
  • Cities as political targets
  • Cities as budget-cutting targets
  • Troubled city schools : social class, race, and place
  • Options for city schools
  • The paradox of plenty
  • Drugs, prisons, and neighborhoods
  • Drug war politics
  • Conclusion : democracy, inequality, urban policy.

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