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The One-Way Street of Integration: Fair Housing and the Pursuit of Racial Justice in American Cities - Hardcover

Goetz, Edward G.

 
9781501707599: The One-Way Street of Integration: Fair Housing and the Pursuit of Racial Justice in American Cities
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1501707590 ISBN 13: 9781501707599
Publisher: Cornell University Press, 2018

Synopsis

The One-Way Street of Integration examines two contrasting housing policy approaches to achieving racial justice. Integration initiatives and community development efforts have been for decades contrasting means of achieving racial equity through housing policy. Goetz traces the tensions involved in housing integration and policy to show why he doesn't see the solution to racial injustice as the government moving poor and nonwhite people out of their communities.

The One-Way Street of Integration critiques fair housing integration policies for targeting settlement patterns while ignoring underlying racism and issues of economic and political power. Goetz challenges liberal orthodoxy, determining that the standard efforts toward integration are unlikely to lead to racial equity or racial justice in American cities. In fact, in this pursuit it is the community development movement rather that has the greatest potential for connecting to social change and social justice efforts.

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About the Author

Edward G. Goetz is Professor of Urban and Regional Planning and Director of the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs at the University of Minnesota. He has published widely, including, most recently, New Deal Ruins.

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Publisher
Cornell University Press
Publication date
2018
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1501707590
ISBN 13 
9781501707599
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
228