Urban Outcasts: A Comparative Sociology of Advanced MarginalityISBN: 978-0-7456-3124-0
Hardcover
360 pages
November 2007, Polity
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- An outstanding and original volume from one of the USA’s
leading sociologists
- Draws on a wealth of original fieldwork, surveys and historical
data to show that the state of America’s urban core is due to
the public policies of segregation and abandonment
- Casts new light on the explosive conjunction of mounting misery
and stupendous affluence evident in the cities of advanced and
advancing countries throughout the globe
- Offers indispensable tools for rethinking urban marginality and for reinvigorating the public debate about social polarization and urban inequality at century’s dawn