LEADER 04792nam 22007094a 450 001 9910345102803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-15807-4 010 $a9786612158070 010 $a1-4008-2551-2 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400825516 035 $a(CKB)1000000000788476 035 $a(EBL)457700 035 $a(OCoLC)436057779 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000269480 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11231319 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000269480 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10243309 035 $a(PQKB)11687665 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36363 035 $a(DE-B1597)446317 035 $a(OCoLC)979834598 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400825516 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL457700 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10312445 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC457700 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000788476 100 $a20020805d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA way out $eAmerica's ghettos and the legacy of racism /$fOwen Fiss ; edited by Joshua Cohen, Jefferson Decker, and Joel Rogers 205 $aCore Textbook 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. $cPrinceton University Press$dc2003 215 $a1 online resource (141 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-08881-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tCONTENTS -- $tPREFACE -- $tPART I -- $tWhat Should Be Done for Those Who Have Been Left Behind? / $rFiss, Owen -- $tPART II -- $tDown by Law / $rFord, Richard -- $tCommunities, Capital, and Conflicts / $rMeares, Tracey L. -- $tBetter Neighborhoods? / $rColes, Robert -- $tBeyond Moralizing / $rThompson, J. Phillip -- $tCreating Options / $rHochschild, Jennifer -- $tExit and Redevelopment / $rOrfield, Gary -- $tRelocation Works / $rRosenbaum, James E. -- $tUnlikely Times / $rPolikoff, Alexander -- $tAgainst Social Engineering / $rSleeper, Jim -- $tIf Baldwin Could Speak / $rGregory, Steven -- $tPART III -- $tA Task Unfinished / $rFiss, Owen -- $tNotes on the Contributors -- $tIndex 330 $aAfter decades of hand-wringing and well-intentioned efforts to improve inner cities, ghettos remain places of degrading poverty with few jobs, much crime, failing schools, and dilapidated housing. Stepping around fruitless arguments over whether or not ghettos are dysfunctional communities that exacerbate poverty, and beyond modest proposals to ameliorate their problems, one of America's leading experts on civil rights gives us a stunning but commonsensical solution: give residents the means to leave. Inner cities, writes Owen Fiss, are structures of subordination. The only way to end the poverty they transmit across generations is to help people move out of them--and into neighborhoods with higher employment rates and decent schools. Based on programs tried successfully in Chicago and elsewhere, Fiss's proposal is for a provocative national policy initiative that would give inner-city residents rent vouchers so they can move to better neighborhoods. This would end at last the informal segregation, by race and income, of our metropolitan regions. Given the government's role in creating and maintaining segregation, Fiss argues, justice demands no less than such sweeping federal action. To sample the heated controversy that Fiss's ideas will ignite, the book includes ten responses from scholars, journalists, and practicing lawyers. Some endorse Fiss's proposal in general terms but take issue with particulars. Others concur with his diagnosis of the problem but argue that his policy response is wrongheaded. Still others accuse Fiss of underestimating the internal strength of inner-city communities as well as the hostility of white suburbs. Fiss's bold views should set off a debate that will help shape urban social policy into the foreseeable future. It is indispensable reading for anyone interested in social justice, domestic policy, or the fate of our cities. 606 $aSocial problems$zUnited States 606 $aInner cities$xGovernment policy$zUnited States 606 $aUrban poor$xGovernment policy$zUnited States 606 $aOccupational mobility$zUnited States 615 0$aSocial problems 615 0$aInner cities$xGovernment policy 615 0$aUrban poor$xGovernment policy 615 0$aOccupational mobility 676 $a361.1/0973 700 $aFiss$b Owen M$01054634 701 $aCohen$b Joshua$f1951-$0863413 701 $aDecker$b Jefferson$01054635 701 $aRogers$b Joel$f1952-$0863414 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910345102803321 996 $aA way out$92487423 997 $aUNINA