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Policing the Racial Divide : Urban Growth Politics and the Remaking of Segregation /

"This book explores the relationships between racial segregation, urban governance, and policing in a postindustrial city. Drawing on rich ethnographic data and in-depth interviews, Gordon shows how the police augmented racial inequalities in service provision and social control by aligning the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gordon, Daanika (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2022]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Urban governance, policing, and the making of a segregated city
  • The promises and perils of the River City redistricting
  • Policing the East District
  • Policing the West District
  • Policing segregation boundaries
  • Policing and the social structure of segregation
  • Conclusion