Americans think of suburbs as prosperous areas that are relatively free from poverty and
unemployment. Yet, today more poor people live in the suburbs than in cities themselves. In …

Cities and suburbs occupy well-defined roles within the discussion of poverty, opportunity,
and social welfare policy in metropolitan America. Research exploring issues of poverty …

In regards to “suburb,” many Americans have strong cultural ideas of what constitutes a
“suburb.” The typical image includes post-World War II tract housing built for car-owning …

Partridge and Rickman explore the wide geographic disparities in poverty across the United
States. Their focus on the spatial dimensions of US poverty reveals distinct differences …

The 1990s were a time of historic economic growth for the United States, and a period when
the country made remarkable strides in poverty reduction, as evidenced by near record lows …

The majority of Americans live in suburbs and until about a decade or so ago, most suburbs
had been assumed to be non-Hispanic White, affluent, and without problems. However …

" As poverty becomes increasingly regional in its scope and reach, it challenges
conventional approaches that the nation has taken when dealing with poverty in place …

Suburban areas have become more diverse and stratified in the United States, with a
particularly striking increase in poverty, challenging theories that conceptualize poverty …

This book is designed to help readers navigate through the vast and rapidly growing
literature on poverty in urban America. The major themes, topics, debates, and issues are …

A popular and powerful narrative focuses on a crisis of suburban decline in the United
States. However, a consensus regarding the scope and scale of one dimension of suburban …