04627nam 22006615 450 991047894560332120210722031102.00-8147-2489-210.18574/9780814724897(CKB)3710000000072764(EBL)1579762(SSID)ssj0001082138(PQKBManifestationID)11619124(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001082138(PQKBWorkID)11097100(PQKB)11186478(MiAaPQ)EBC1579762(OCoLC)865508043(MdBmJHUP)muse33956(DE-B1597)548597(DE-B1597)9780814724897(OCoLC)1158126970(EXLCZ)99371000000007276420200608h20142014 fg 0engurnn#---|un|utxtccrThe Price of Paradise The Costs of Inequality and a Vision for a More Equitable America /David Dante TrouttNew York, NY :New York University Press,[2014]©20141 online resource (284 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4798-2880-7 0-8147-6055-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --CONTENTS --INTRODUCTION --1. MUTUALITY --2. ALL THIS I MADE MYSELF --3. KEEP YOUR DISTANCE --4. THE PROMISE HALF EMPTY --5. WE RENAMED THE PROBLEM AND IT DISAPPEARED --6. ISLANDS WITHOUT PARADISE --7. RACELESS WONDERS --8. THE COSTS OF INEQUALITY AND A VISION FOR A MORE EQUITABLE AMERICA --ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --NOTES --SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY --INDEX --ABOUT THE AUTHORAmerican communities are facing chronic problems: fiscal stress, urban decline, environmental sprawl, mass incarceration, political isolation, disproportionate foreclosures and severe public health risks. In The Price of Paradise, David Troutt argues that it is a lack of mutuality in our local decision making that has led to this looming crisis facing cities and local governments. Arguing that there are structural flaws in the American dream, Troutt investigates the role that place plays in our thinking and how we have organized our communities to create or deny opportunity. Legal rules and policies that promoted mobility for most citizens simultaneously stifled and segregated a growing minority by race, class and—most importantly—place. A conversation about America at the crossroads, The Price of Paradise is a multilayered exploration of the legal, economic and cultural forces that contribute to the squeeze on the middle class, the hidden dangers of growing income and wealth inequality and the literature on how growth and consumption patterns are environmentally unsustainable. American communities are facing chronic problems: fiscal stress, urban decline, environmental sprawl, mass incarceration, political isolation, disproportionate foreclosures and severe public health risks. In The Price of Paradise, David Troutt argues that it is a lack of mutuality in our local decision making that has led to this looming crisis facing cities and local governments. Arguing that there are structural flaws in the American dream, Troutt investigates the role that place plays in our thinking and how we have organized our communities to create or deny opportunity. Legal rules and policies that promoted mobility for most citizens simultaneously stifled and segregated a growing minority by race, class and—most importantly—place. A conversation about America at the crossroads, The Price of Paradise is a multilayered exploration of the legal, economic and cultural forces that contribute to the squeeze on the middle class, the hidden dangers of growing income and wealth inequality and the literature on how growth and consumption patterns are environmentally unsustainable.Income distributionUnited StatesSocial mobilityUnited StatesSocial stratificationUnited StatesRacismUnited StatesEqualityUnited StatesElectronic books.Income distributionSocial mobilitySocial stratificationRacismEquality305.50973Troutt David Danteauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1026872DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910478945603321The Price of Paradise2442021UNINA