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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808463603321

Titolo

Justice and the American metropolis [[electronic resource] /] / Clarissa Rile Hayward and Todd Swanstrom, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2011

ISBN

1-4529-4782-1

0-8166-7873-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (278 p.)

Collana

Globalization and community ; ; v. 18

Altri autori (Persone)

HaywardClarissa Rile

SwanstromTodd

Disciplina

303.3/720917320973

Soggetti

Urban policy - United States

Urbanization - United States

Sociology, Urban - United States

Equality - United States

Justice

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Thick Injustice; I. THE ROOTS OF INJUSTICE IN THE AMERICAN METROPOLIS; II. RETHINKING METROPOLITAN INEQUALITY; III. PLANNING FOR JUSTICE; IV. JUSTICE AND INSTITUTIONS; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Today's American cities and suburbs are the sites of "thick injustice"-unjust power relations that are deeply and densely concentrated as well as opaque and seemingly intractable. Thick injustice is hard to see, to assign responsibility for, and to change. Identifying these often invisible and intransigent problems, this volume addresses foundational questions about what justice requires in the contemporary metropolis. Essays focus on inequality within and among cities and suburbs; articulate principles for planning, redevelopment, and urban political leadership; and analyze the connection bet