The aim of the factorial survey approach is to uncover the social and individual structures of
human judgements of social objects. By having respondents evaluate samples of vignettes …

Applying a gender perspective to cities reveals how spatial structure and social structure are
mutually constitutive. This article reviews the ways cities have reflected and reinforced …

Introduction Charles Jencks dates the symbolic end of modernist architecture and the
passage to the post-modem as 3: 32 pm on July I5th, I972, when the Pruitt-Igoe housing …

Employing an alternative methodology and new data, the authors address the debate
concerning the underlying causes of racial residential segregation. Are white Americans …

Persistent racial residential segregation is often seen as the result of preferences: whites
prefer to live with whites while blacks wish to live near many other blacks. Are these …

Christopher Jencks (1984: 9) dates the symbolic end of modernist architecture and the
passage to the post-modern as 3.32 pm on 15 July 1972, when the Pruitt-Igoe Housing …

The first part of this book presents a fresh and encouraging report on the state of racial
integration in America's neighborhoods. It shows that while the majority are indeed racially …

"... the most original--and profoundly disturbing--work on the critical issue of housing
affordability...."--Chester Hartman, President, Poverty and Race Research Action Council In …

Feminist geographers have documented that the spatial entrapment of many women
negatively affects their economic opportunities. The experiences of many African-American …

Full Circles describes the very different lives and expectations of women in post-industrial
and developing countries from childhood to old age. Analysing how class, ethnicity …