American Apartheid by Douglas S Massey

American Apartheid by Douglas S Massey

This book clearly links persistent poverty among blacks in the United States to the unparalleled degree of deliberate segregation they experience in American cities. "American Apartheid" shows how the black ghetto was created by whites during the first half of the 20th century in order to isolate growing urban black populations. It goes on to show that, despite the Fair Housing Act of 1968, segregation is perpetuated today through an interlocking set of individual actions, institutional practices, and governmental policies. In some urban areas the degree of black segregation is so intense, and occurs in so many dimensions simultaneously, that it amounts to "hypersegregation". The authors demonstrate that this systematic segregation of African Americans leads inexorably to the creation of underclass communities during periods of economic downturn. Under conditions of extreme segregation, any increase in the overall rate of black poverty yields a marked increase in the geographic concentration of indigence and the deterioration of social and economic conditions in black communities. As ghetto residents adapt to this increasingly harsh environment under a climate of racial isolation, they evolve attitudes, behaviours and practices that further marginalize their neighbourhoods and undermine their chances of success in mainstream American society.

DOUGLAS S. MASSEY is the Dorothy Swaine Thomas Professor of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania. JORGE DURAND is professor and investigator in the Department for the Study of Social Movements at the Universidad de Guadalajara. NOLAN J. MALONE is a doctoral candidate in demography at the University of Pennsylvania.

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ISBN 13	9780674018204
ISBN 10	0674018206
Titel	American Apartheid
Autor	Douglas S Massey
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Verlag	Harvard University Press
Erscheinungsjahr	1993-01-01
Seitenanzahl	304
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