Separate Societies

by Goldsmith, William W.; Blakely, Edward J.; Clinton, Bill

• ISBN13: 9781439902929
• ISBN10: 1439902925
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-06-28
• Publisher: Temple Univ Pr

Summary

In this revised and updated edition of their 1992 book Separate Societies, the authors confirm that racial and class inequalities in U.S. metro areas have persisted or grown worse, both before and after the Wall Street meltdown and global economic restructuring. Offering an overview of the urban poor and working class from a progressive perspective of U.S. city conditions and causes, Separate Societies shatters the many myths about improvement. Book jacket.

Author Biography

William W. Goldsmith is Professor of City and Regional Planning and Director of the Program on International Studies in Planning at Cornell University. He has taught throughtout Latin America, and during the Clinton Administration he served on the EPA Clean Air Act Advisory Board.

 

Edward J. Blakely is Honorary Professor of Urban Policy at the U.S. Studies Centre at the University of Sydney. He ran for Mayor in Oakland in 1998, was Dean at University of Southern California and also at the Milano Graduate School, and most recently served as recovery czar for New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations and Tables	p. vii
Foreword to the Second Edition	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
The End of an Era: Divided We Fall	p. 1
Separate Assets: Race, Gender, and Other Dimensions of Poverty	p. 35
Separate Opportunities: Competition versus Inclusion-The International Dimensions of American Urban Poverty	p. 75
Separate Places: The Changing Shape of the American Metropolis	p. 108
Rebuilding the American City	p. 149
Notes	p. 195
Bibliography	p. 221
Index	p. 245
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