"A popular version of history trumpets the United States as a
diverse ""nation of immigrants,"" welcome to all. The truth,
however, is that local communities have a long history of
ambivalence toward new arrivals and minorities. Persistent patterns
of segregation by race and income still exist in housing and
schools, along with a growing emphasis on rapid metropolitan
development (sprawl) that encourages upwardly mobile families to
abandon older communities and their problems. This dual pattern is
becoming increasingly important as America grows more diverse than
ever and economic inequality increases. Two recent trends compel
new attention to these issues. First, the geography of race and
class represents a crucial litmus test for the new
""regionalism""-the political movement to address the linked
fortunes of cities and suburbs. Second, housing has all but
disappeared as a major social policy issue over the past two
decades. This timely book shows how unequal housing choices and
sprawling development create an unequal geography of opportunity.
It emerges from a project sponsored by the Civil Rights Project at
Harvard University in collaboration with the Joint Center for
Housing Studies and the Brookings Institution. The
contributors-policy analysts, political observers, social
scientists, and urban planners-document key patterns, their
consequences, and how we can respond, taking a hard look at both
successes and failures of the past. Place still matters, perhaps
more than ever. High levels of segregation shape education and job
opportunity, crime and insecurity, and long-term economic
prospects. These problems cannot be addressed effectively if
society assumes that segregation will take care of itself.
Contributors include William Apgar (Harvard University), Judith
Bell (PolicyLink), Angela Glover Blackwell (PolicyLink), Allegra
Calder (Harvard), Karen Chapple (Cal-Berkeley), Camille Charles
(Penn), Mary Cunningham (Urban Institute), Casey Dawkins (Virginia
Tech), Stephanie DeLuca (Johns Hopkins), John Goering (CUNY),
Edward Goetz (U. of Minnesota), Bruce Katz (Brookings), Barbara
Lukermann (U. of Minnesota), Gerrit Knaap (U. of Maryland), Arthur
Nelson (Virginia Tech), Rolf Pendall (Cornell), Susan J. Popkin
(Urban Institute), James Rosenbaum (Northwestern), Stephen L. Ross
(U. of Connecticut), Mara Sidney (Rutgers), Phillip Tegeler
(Poverty and Race Research Action Council), Tammy Tuck
(Northwestern), Margery Austin Turner (Urban Institute), William
Julius Wilson (Harvard). "
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