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Locked In and Locked Out - The Impact of Urban Land Use Policy and Market Forces on African Americans (Hardcover, New) Loot Price: R2,329
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Locked In and Locked Out - The Impact of Urban Land Use Policy and Market Forces on African Americans (Hardcover, New)

Benjamin F. Bobo

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African Americans have suffered intensely at the hands of America's dominant group, but the roles played by urban planning, land use policy, and the free market are not well known. Presenting a new conceptual approach, this book considers their "locking effect" on African Americans, showing, for instance, that one-acre zoning and similar policies in upscale neighborhoods lock African Americans out while market mechanisms in decaying neighborhoods lock them in. Arguing that the locking effect leads to the disenfranchisement of African Americans, Bobo shows how wealth is channeled to the dominant group and African Americans' life choices are denuded, creating a volatile situation.

Although classical economic theory holds that a free market allocates scarce resources in the best interest of society, in reality market mechanisms do not work to the advantage of African Americans. Nor does public regulation of land use operate in their interest, although public policy is presumed to produce equitable and favorable outcomes for all members of society. This book explores how a combination of government regulation of land use and free market forces have created the locking effect, which has cultivated and sustained a process of disenfranchisement of African Americans.

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Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc
Country of origin: United States
Release date: September 2001
First published: September 2001
Authors: Benjamin F. Bobo
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 168
Edition: New
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-96754-3
Categories: Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Political economy
Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Management of land & natural resources
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Black studies
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Indigenous peoples
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Urban communities
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Local government > Local government policies
Books > Earth & environment > Regional & area planning > Urban & municipal planning > General
LSN: 0-275-96754-9
Barcode: 9780275967543

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