The Black Metropolis in the Twenty-First Century Race, Power, and Politics of Place

by Bullard, Robert D.; Blackwell, Angela Glover; Blakely, Edward J.; Bositis, David A.; Cashin, Sheryll; Darden, Joe T.; Grigsby III, J Eugene; Johnson, Glenn S.; powell, john a.; Stoll, Michael A.; Torres, Angel; Wright, Beverly

• ISBN13: 9780742543287
• ISBN10: 0742543285
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-05-10
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

This book brings together key essays that seek to make visible and expand our understanding of the role of government (policies, programs, and investments) in shaping cities and metropolitan regions; the costs and consequences of uneven urban and regional growth patterns; suburban sprawl and public health, transportation, and economic development; and the enduring connection of place, space, and race in the era of increased globalization. Whether intended or unintended, many government policies (housing, transportation, land use, environmental, economic development, education, etc.) have aided and in some cases subsidized suburban sprawl, job flight, and spatial mismatch; concentrated urban poverty; and heightened racial and economic disparities.

Author Biography

Robert D. Bullard is the Ware Distinguished Professor of Sociology and director of the Environmental Justice Resource Center at Clark Atlanta University

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction: The Significance of Race and Place	p. 1
The Black Metropolis in the Era of Sprawl	p. 17
Structural Racism and Spatial Jim Crow	p. 41
Residential Apartheid American Style	p. 67
Dilemma of Place and Suburbanization of the Black Middle Class	p. 87
Walling In or Walling Out: Gated Communities	p. 111
Spatial Mismatch and Job Sprawl	p. 127
Atlanta: A Black Mecca?	p. 149
Black New Orleans: Before and After Hurricane Katrina	p. 173
Health Disparities in Black Los Angeles	p. 199
Black Political Power in the New Century	p. 221
Achieving Equitable Development	p. 243
Selected Bibliography	p. 261
Index	p. 267
About the Editor and Contributors	p. 279
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