Housing And Economics The American Dilemma

Author : Michael A. Stegman
Publisher : MIT Press (MA)
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Housing
ISBN : UOM:39076005785287

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Housing and Economics: the American Dilemma by Michael A. Stegman Pdf

"Housing and Economics" brings together in a single comprehensive volume a number of scholarly articles focused on the applied economic and financial problems of rebuilding America's housing stock. In relating the financial to the economic dimensions of low income housing solutions, this compilation bridges the gap between the theoretical and applied approaches to the economic implications of such solutions and programs. Thus the volume both complements existing housing analyses concerned with the general operations of the housing market and detailed studies of particular programs and presents a coherent statements on the applied economic analysis of one aspect of national housing policy.The book has been organized into four main sections embracing macro- and micro-economic contexts, components of housing costs, programatic evolution, and analysis of emerging housing proposals. Each of the major sections is introduced by an essay which offers both an overview and an original analysis of the papers that follow. The readings range from the Douglas Commission's summary of housing needs to staples such as "filtering," taxes, and finance--from industrial efficiency to the effects of guaranteed annual income. Many of the articles are widely regarded as, or destined to become, "modern" classics. Together, they are directed to a wide audience of educators, students, and practitioners in city planning, housing, social welfare, and economics.Among the major contributors are: Sherman Maisel, Wallace Smith, Jerome Rothenberg, Leland Burns, Eugene Smolensky, Louis Winnick, William Grigsby, Anthony Downs, George Sternlieb, and the editor, Michael Stegman.

Author : Nancy DiTomaso
Publisher : Russell Sage Foundation
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781610447898

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The American Non-Dilemma by Nancy DiTomaso Pdf

The Civil Rights movement of the 1960s seemed to mark a historical turning point in advancing the American dream of equal opportunity for all citizens, regardless of race. Yet 50 years on, racial inequality remains a troubling fact of life in American society and its causes are highly contested. In The American Non-Dilemma, sociologist Nancy DiTomaso convincingly argues that America's enduring racial divide is sustained more by whites' preferential treatment of members of their own social networks than by overt racial discrimination. Drawing on research from sociology, political science, history, and psychology, as well as her own interviews with a cross-section of non-Hispanic whites, DiTomaso provides a comprehensive examination of the persistence of racial inequality in the post-Civil Rights era and how it plays out in today's economic and political context. Taking Gunnar Myrdal's classic work on America's racial divide, The American Dilemma, as her departure point, DiTomaso focuses on "the white side of the race line." To do so, she interviewed a sample of working, middle, and upper-class whites about their life histories, political views, and general outlook on racial inequality in America. While the vast majority of whites profess strong support for civil rights and equal opportunity regardless of race, they continue to pursue their own group-based advantage, especially in the labor market where whites tend to favor other whites in securing jobs protected from market competition. This "opportunity hoarding" leads to substantially improved life outcomes for whites due to their greater access to social resources from family, schools, churches, and other institutions with which they are engaged. DiTomaso also examines how whites understand the persistence of racial inequality in a society where whites are, on average, the advantaged racial group. Most whites see themselves as part of the solution rather than part of the problem with regard to racial inequality. Yet they continue to harbor strong reservations about public policies—such as affirmative action—intended to ameliorate racial inequality. In effect, they accept the principles of civil rights but not the implementation of policies that would bring about greater racial equality. DiTomaso shows that the political engagement of different groups of whites is affected by their views of how civil rights policies impact their ability to provide advantages to family and friends. This tension between civil and labor rights is evident in Republicans' use of anti-civil rights platforms to attract white voters, and in the efforts of Democrats to bridge race and class issues, or civil and labor rights broadly defined. As a result, DiTomaso finds that whites are, at best, uncertain allies in the fight for racial equality. Weaving together research on both race and class, along with the life experiences of DiTomaso's interview subjects, The American Non-Dilemma provides a compelling exploration of how racial inequality is reproduced in today's society, how people come to terms with the issue in their day-to-day experiences, and what these trends may signify in the contemporary political landscape.

Author : Obie Clayton
Publisher : Russell Sage Foundation
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1996-03-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780871541574

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An American Dilemma Revisited by Obie Clayton Pdf

A study examining research and development projects and capital improvements, and changes in productivity and profitability in selected American manufacturing industries and companies from 1980 to 1989. Special attention is given to the effects of substantial investment increases on productivity and profitability changes. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Robert C. Weaver
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Dilemmas of Urban America by Robert C. Weaver Pdf

Author : Obie, Jr. Clayton
Publisher : Russell Sage Foundation
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1996-03-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781610441247

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An American Dilemma Revisited by Obie, Jr. Clayton Pdf

"This book must be regarded as a greatly important contribution to race relations literature. It is invaluable for the manner in which authors combine the lessons of history with insightful analyses of empirical data to demonstrate patterns of change over the past fifty years in the status of African Americans... Provocative and stimulating reading." —James E. Blackwell, University of Massachusetts, Boston "Presents a wide-ranging reanalysis of the seminal work done by Gunnar Myrdal in 1944, examining virtually every issue that Myrdal noted as relevant to the American race question. In so doing, Clayton and his contributors have brought the matter up to date and shown how the American dilemma continues into the twenty-first century." —Stanford M. Lyman, Florida Atlantic University Fifty years after the publication of An American Dilemma, Gunnar Myrdal's epochal study of racism and black disadvantage, An American Dilemma Revisited again confronts the pivotal issue of race in American society and explores how the status of African Americans has changed over the past half century. African Americans have made critical strides since Myrdal's time. Yet despite significant advances, strong economic and social barriers persist, and in many ways the plight of African Americans remains as acute now as it was then. Using Myrdal as a benchmark, each essay analyzes historical developments, examines current conditions, and investigates strategies for positive change within the core arenas of modern society—political, economic, educational, and judicial. The central question posed by this volume is whether the presence of a disproportionately African American underclass has become a permanent American phenomenon. Several contributors tie the unevenness of black economic mobility to educational limitations, social isolation, and changing workplace demands. The evolution of a more suburban, service-dominated economy that places a premium on advanced academic training has severely constrained the employment prospects of many urban African Americans with limited education. An American Dilemma Revisited argues that there is hope to be found both in black educational institutions, which account for the largest proportion of advanced educational degrees among African Americans, and in the promotion of black community enterprises. An American Dilemma Revisited asks why the election of many African American leaders has failed to translate into genuine political power or effective policy support for black issues. The rise in membership in Pentecostal and Islamic denonimations suggests that many blacks, frustrated with the political detachment of more traditional churches, continue to pursue more socially concerned activism at a local level. Three essays trace social disaffection among blacks to a legacy of police and judicial discrimination. Mistrust of the police persists, particularly in cities, and black offenders continue to experience harsher treatment at all stages of the trial process. As Myrdal's book did fifty years ago, An American Dilemma Revisited offers an insightful look at the continuing effects of racial inequality and discrimination in American society and examines different means for removing the specter of racism in the United States.

Author : Gunnar Myrdal
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 814 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2017-11-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351532020

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An American Dilemma by Gunnar Myrdal Pdf

In this landmark effort to understand African American people in the New World, Gunnar Myrdal provides deep insight into the contradictions of American democracy as well as a study of a people within a people. The title of the book, 'An American Dilemma', refers to the moral contradiction of a nation torn between allegiance to its highest ideals and awareness of the base realities of racial discrimination. The touchstone of this classic is the jarring discrepancy between the American creed of respect for the inalienable rights to freedom, justice, and opportunity for all and the pervasive violations of the dignity of blacks. The appendices are a gold mine of information, theory, and methodology. Indeed, two of the appendices were issued as a separate work given their importance for systematic theory in social research. The new introduction by Sissela Bok offers a remarkably intimate yet rigorously objective appraisal of Myrdal—a social scientist who wanted to see himself as an analytic intellectual, yet had an unbending desire to bring about change. 'An American Dilemma' is testimonial to the man as well as the ideas he espoused. When it first appeared 'An American Dilemma' was called "the most penetrating and important book on contemporary American civilization" by Robert S. Lynd; "One of the best political commentaries on American life that has ever been written" in The American Political Science Review; and a book with "a novelty and a courage seldom found in American discussions either of our total society or of the part which the Negro plays in it" in 'The American Sociological Review'. It is a foundation work for all those concerned with the history and current status of race relations in the United States.

Author : Gunnar Myrdal
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Page : 814 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781560008569

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An American Dilemma, Volume 1 by Gunnar Myrdal Pdf

This landmark effort to understand African-American people in the New World provides deep insight into the contradictions of American democracy as well as a study of a people within a people. The touchstone of this classic is the jarring discrepancy between the American creed of respect for the inalienable rights to freedom, justice, and opportunity for all and the pervasive violations of the dignity of blacks.

Author : Patrick Sharkey
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780226924267

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Stuck in Place by Patrick Sharkey Pdf

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 barely changed. To understand what went wrong, Patrick Sharkey argues that we have to understand what has happened to African American communities over the last several decades. In Stuck in Place, Sharkey describes how political decisions and social policies have led to severe disinvestment from black neighborhoods, persistent segregation, declining economic opportunities, and a growing link between African American communities and the criminal justice system. As a result, neighborhood inequality that existed in the 1970s has been passed down to the current generation of African Americans. Some of the most persistent forms of racial inequality, such as gaps in income and test scores, can only be explained by considering the neighborhoods in which black and white families have lived over multiple generations. This multigenerational nature of neighborhood inequality also means that a new kind of urban policy is necessary for our nation’s cities. Sharkey argues for urban policies that have the potential to create transformative and sustained changes in urban communities and the families that live within them, and he outlines a durable urban policy agenda to move in that direction.

Author : Gunnar Myrdal
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 812 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2017-11-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351532037

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An American Dilemma by Gunnar Myrdal Pdf

In this landmark effort to understand African American people in the New World, Gunnar Myrdal provides deep insight into the contradictions of American democracy as well as a study of a people within a people. The title of the book, 'An American Dilemma', refers to the moral contradiction of a nation torn between allegiance to its highest ideals and awareness of the base realities of racial discrimination. The touchstone of this classic is the jarring discrepancy between the American creed of respect for the inalienable rights to freedom, justice, and opportunity for all and the pervasive violations of the dignity of blacks. The appendices are a gold mine of information, theory, and methodology. Indeed, two of the appendices were issued as a separate work given their importance for systematic theory in social research. The new introduction by Sissela Bok offers a remarkably intimate yet rigorously objective appraisal of Myrdal—a social scientist who wanted to see himself as an analytic intellectual, yet had an unbending desire to bring about change. 'An American Dilemma' is testimonial to the man as well as the ideas he espoused. When it first appeared 'An American Dilemma' was called "the most penetrating and important book on contemporary American civilization" by Robert S. Lynd; "One of the best political commentaries on American life that has ever been written" in The American Political Science Review; and a book with "a novelty and a courage seldom found in American discussions either of our total society or of the part which the Negro plays in it" in 'The American Sociological Review'. It is a foundation work for all those concerned with the history and current status of race relations in the United States.

Author : Jennifer L. Hochschild,Joseph Hochschild
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1984-01-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 0300031149

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The New American Dilemma by Jennifer L. Hochschild,Joseph Hochschild Pdf

A provocative examination of school desegregation in America and how it does-and does not-succeed. In this powerful tract on school desegregation, Jennifer Hochschild formulates the most searching challenge to the theory of incrementalism that I have come across in recent years. -David Braybrooke A comprehensive synthesis of what is known about the processes of school desegregation and a powerful policy-oriented argument on a subject whose crucial significance Americans have been unable to wish away. -Paul E. Peterson, Brookings Institution A well-written, insightful survey and analysis of the pattern of school desegregation in American society since the Supreme Court's Brown decisions and a first-rate analysis of the implementation of public policy in the US, with perceptive remarks on incrementalism as a method of change.-Choice The New American Dilemma is policy analysis as it should be done, thorough in its consideration of evidence and bold in its examination of fundamental issues of political practice and social theory.-Clarence N.Stone, Ethics The New American Dilemma challenges almost all positions cherished by liberals and leftists, blacks and whites, including gradualism, democratic participation and ethnic solidarity. Because of that alone, The New American Dilemma is invaluable. -Richard H. King, Journal of American Studies A solid contribution to the literature on desegregation...This thought-provoking book provides an excellent perspective on the thirty years of desegregation since Brown. -Mary Jo Newborn, Michigan Law Review

Author : Paul M. Sniderman,Philip E. Tetlock
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0804724822

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Prejudice, Politics, and the American Dilemma by Paul M. Sniderman,Philip E. Tetlock Pdf

It has been half a century since the publication of An American Dilemma, Gunnar Myrdal's seminal work on race in America. The cleavage between the politics of race of the 1940s and the 1990s is that race has become a greater dilemma than ever before. This book is an attempt to contribute to a fresh understanding of prejudice, politics, and the American dilemma. It presents new lines of questions by deliberately inter-weaving two perspectives, the first taking up issues of race focusing on whites, the second on blacks. The contributors are drawn from several disciplines in the social sciences, sociologists, psychometricians, social and personality psychologists, demographers and political scientists of several persuasions. The book represents an important shift in perspectives, both theoretical and methodological, in the study of race and American politics.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 700 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105006285295

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Home Mortgage Dixclosure Act of 1975, Hearings Before ...,94:1- .... by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency Pdf

Author : F.E. Brown,S.J. Neary,M.S. Symes
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 644 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781135820763

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The Urban Experience by F.E. Brown,S.J. Neary,M.S. Symes Pdf

This book provides a representative selection of the highest quality papers submitted to the IAPS 13 conference held in Manchester in 1994. The papers are concerned with current research on the experience of living in cities and are drawn from developed, developing and under-developed countries in all parts of the world.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Subcommittee on Children, Family, Drugs and Alcoholism
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Child welfare
ISBN : PSU:000017570497

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Children and Families by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Subcommittee on Children, Family, Drugs and Alcoholism Pdf

Author : David Clark
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781135095550

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Urban Geography (Routledge Revivals) by David Clark Pdf

This book, first published in 1982, addressed the need for a fresh and comprehensive guide to the rapidly expanding area of urban geography. Drawing on examples from cities in a number of countries, including the U.S.A., David Clark outlines the contribution of geographers to the understanding of the city and urban society, and analyses the growth of the urban environment alongside planning and policy. A thorough and unique study, this title will be of particular value to undergraduate students, as well as laying the foundations for a more advanced study in urban geography and planning.