Segregation: The Rising Costs for AmericaJames H. Carr, Nandinee K. Kutty Segregation: The Rising Costs for America documents how discriminatory practices in the housing markets through most of the past century, and that continue today, have produced extreme levels of residential segregation that result in significant disparities in access to good jobs, quality education, homeownership attainment and asset accumulation between minority and non-minority households. The book also demonstrates how problems facing minority communities are increasingly important to the nation's long-term economic vitality and global competitiveness as a whole. Solutions to the challenges facing the nation in creating a more equitable society are not beyond our ability to design or implement, and it is in the interest of all Americans to support programs aimed at creating a more just society. The book is uniquely valuable to students in the social sciences and public policy, as well as to policy makers, and city planners. |
Contents
Chapter 1 The New Imperative for Equality | 1 |
The Historical Role of Housing Segregation | 39 |
The Challenge of Sustaining Minority Homeownership | 81 |
The Inextricable Link | 125 |
Chapter 5 Residential Segregation and Employment Inequality | 151 |
Pathways RacialEthnic Disparities and Policy Directions | 197 |
Chapter 7 Neighborhood Segregation Personal Networks and Access to Social Resources | 237 |