"In this important and timely volume, leading experts remind us that in an era of increasing ethnic diversity and widening class gap, segregation is more central to the well-being of the nation than ever." --Douglas S. Massey, author of AMERICAN APARTHEID "This important new book will be an invaluable resource for progressive advocates for years to come. It puts the policy emphasis regarding the causes of inequality of opportunity in America where it belongs: housing." --Sheryll Cashin, author of THE FAILURES OF INTEGRATION "An indespensable, comprehensive guide for changing 'the rules of the game' in America's housing markets to create an opportunity society for all. Briggs shows how and why our current strategy for handling race and class differences is 'containment plus sprawl,' making Amerca officially welcoming but 'socially gated.'" --David Rusk, author of CITIES WITHOUT SUBURBS
Xavier de Souza Briggs is associate professor of sociology and urban planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a former faculty member at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government and a former senior policy official at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. William Julius Wilson is the Lewis F. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor at Harvard University.
" The Geography of Opportunity makes a strong case for the importance of housing segregation as a civil rights and social justice concern. Particularly notable are discussions of metropolitan-level politics rarely seen in such volumes." —Shayna Strom, Suburbs, 6/1/2006|"a much needed and long-awaited voice on race and space." — Journal of Regional Science|"provide[s] much-needed resources for thinking about how public policies should change to address the latest developments associated with the enduring problem of unequal access to basic resources in U.S. society, including housing and health care....'The Geography of Opportunity' brings together a set of richly detailed essays that look at the housing disparity problem from the increasingly popular perspective of regionalism." —Sanford F. Schram, Bryn Mawr College, Perspectives on Politics, 6/1/2006|"In this important and timely volume, leading experts remind us that in an era of increasing ethnic diversity and widening class gap, segregation is more central to the well-being of the nation than ever." —Douglas S. Massey, author of AMERICAN APARTHEID|"This important new book will be an invaluable resource for progressive advocates for years to come. It puts the policy emphasis regarding the causes of inequality of opportunity in America where it belongs: housing." —Sheryll Cashin, author of THE FAILURES OF INTEGRATION|"An indespensable, comprehensive guide for changing 'the rules of the game' in America's housing markets to create an opportunity society for all. Briggs shows how and why our current strategy for handling race and class differences is 'containment plus sprawl,' making Amerca officially welcoming but 'socially gated.'" —David Rusk, author of CITIES WITHOUT SUBURBS
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