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Urban Outcasts: A Comparative Sociology of Advanced Marginality

ISBN: 978-0-7456-3125-7
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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
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