Researchers have found that, compared to European Americans, African Americans report
later initiation of drinking, lower rates of use, and lower levels of use across almost all age …

In the 1960s, many believed that the civil rights movement's successes would foster a new
era of racial equality in America. Four decades later, the degree of racial inequality has …

The issue of “housing” has generally not been granted an important role in post-war political
economy. Housing-as-policy has been the preserve of social policy analysis and of a …

This first textbook on the topic of gentrification is written for upper-level undergraduates in
geography, sociology, and planning. The gentrification of urban areas has accelerated …

Peter Marcuse's contributions to the study of gentrification and displacement are immense,
not just when measured in theoretical development, but in analytical rigour, methodological …

The Encyclopedia of the City focuses on the key topics encountered by undergraduates and
scholars in urban studies and allied fields. Contributors include major theoreticians and …

During the last twenty-five years, housing policy in Sweden has radically changed. Once
forming a pillar of the comprehensive welfare system, abbreviated the “Swedish model,” …

How can the United States create the political will to address our major urban problems—
poverty, unemployment, crime, traffic congestion, toxic pollution, education, energy …

" Yinger writes as if four decades of protest and progressive legislation have barely altered
the terrain upon which minority Americans struggle for equality. He's right.... Yinger figures …

Public policy in the United States is marked by a contradiction between the American ideal
of equality and the reality of an underclass of marginalized and disadvantaged people who …