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

• Pubblicazione: Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (278 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.3/720917320973
• Soggetto topico: Urban policy - United States; Urbanization - United States; Sociology, Urban - United States; Equality - United States; Justice
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: HaywardClarissa Rile SwanstromTodd
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Justice and the American metropolis
• ISBN: 1-4529-4782-1; 0-8166-7873-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910457619503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Globalization and community ; ; v. 18.