Left Behind in Rosedale

Race Relations and the Collapse of Community Institutions
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-367-31665-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 476 g

Left Behind in Rosedale is a stunning analysis of community and neighborhood decline. Through creative application of ethnographic analysis, participant observation, and in-depth interviews, Scott Cummings' unique book breathes human life into one of the most serious problems facing the nation's cities: the ghettoization of urban neighborhoods. Tra

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cummings, Scott

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Race Relations and Urban Neighborhoods -- The Ghettoization of Rosedale -- Racial Transition and the Loss of Community -- Racism and Residential Transition: Old Myths and New Realities -- The Adolescent Menace: Beyond Racial Stereotypes -- Sexual Violence in Rosedale -- The Wilding Incidents of 1982 -- The Underclass of Rosedale: Community Institutions in Crisis -- The Struggle to Create New Institutions: The Crisis Deepens -- Public Policy, Social Change, and the Fall of Rosedale -- Race Relations, Social Justice, and the Future of Urban Neighborhoods

Über Autor(innen)

Scott Cummings is professor of urban policy and sociology at the University of Louisville. He is director of the Doctoral Program in Urban and Public Affairs and director of the centre for Policy Research and Evaluation. For the past ten years, he has served as editor of the Journal of Urban Affairs.