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Segregation by Design: Local Politics and Inequality in American Cities - Softcover

Trounstine, Jessica

 
9781108454988: Segregation by Design: Local Politics and Inequality in American Cities

Synopsis

Local governments use their control over land use to generate race and class segregation, benefitting white property owners.

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About the Author

Jessica Trounstine is Associate Professor of Political Science at University of California, Merced. She is the author of Political Monopolies in American Cities: The Rise and Fall of Bosses and Reformers (2008), which won the American Political Science Association's (APSA) Prize for Best Book on Urban Politics. Trounstine served as President of the Urban and Local Politics Section of APSA from 2014–2015. Her research examines subnational politics and the process and quality of representation.

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