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The brief “American Century” of diminishing inequality, the post–World War II decades, finished long ago. Ever since the mid-1970s, global competitors have transformed the nation’s economy and politics, and since the severe downturn of 2008, the nation has faced disintegrating traditions of social solidarity.
The end of an era: divided we fall -- Separate assets: race, gender, and other dimensions of poverty -- Separate opportunities: competition versus inclusion -- the international dimensions of American urban poverty -- Separate places: the changing shape of the American metropolis -- Rebuilding the American city
Separate status: top-down economics and bottom-up politics -- Separate assets: race, gender, and other dimensions of poverty -- Separate opportunities: the international dimensions of American poverty -- Separate places: the changing shape of the American metropolis -- Rebuilding the American city. Access-restricted-item.
Focusing on the reality of separation—social segmentation, economic inequality, and geographic isolation—the authors examine the presence and persistence of urban poverty, the transformation...
1. Jan. 2012 · In this revised and updated edition of their 1992 book Separate Societies, the authors present a compelling examination of the damaging divisions that isolate poor city minority residents from...
12. Jan. 2012 · This article suggests a theoretical exploration of possible relationships between several issues normally discussed separately: the long-standing capital/labour debate, the distinctions between...
18. Juni 2010 · Separate Societies vividly documents how the urban working class has been pushed out of industrial jobs through global economic restructuring, and how the Wall Street meltdown has aggravated...