The price of paradise : the costs of inequality and a vision for a more equitable America / David Dante Troutt.

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"Many American communities, especially the working and middle class, are facing chronic problems: fiscal stress, urban decline, environmental sprawl, failing schools, mass incarceration, political isolation, disproportionate foreclosures, and severe public health risks. In The Price of Paradise, Dav...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Troutt, David Dante (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2013]
Subjects:
Equality > United States.
Racism > United States.
Social stratification > United States.
Social mobility > United States.
Income distribution > United States.
Physical Description:vii, 275 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Mutuality : the thief, the preacher, and the late-night lawyer
  • All this I made myself : assuming that middle-class lives are self-sufficient
  • Keep your distance : assuming that middle-class status requires distance from the poor
  • The promise half empty : assuming that segregation is a thing of the past
  • We renamed the problem and it disappeared : assuming that racism no longer limits minority chances
  • Islands without paradise : assuming that poverty results from weak values and poor decisions
  • Raceless wonders : assuming that racial labels no longer matter
  • The cost of inequality and a vision for a more equitable America.