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OverviewThese are essays from scholars in London and New York who, as concerned citizens, have been actively involved in social research and social action in their respective cities. Demonstrating the cynical nature of the stereotypes that direct social programmes, they propose radical alternatives. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Susanne MacGregorPublisher: Humanities Press International Inc.,U.S. Imprint: Humanities Press International Inc ISBN: 9780391038851ISBN 10: 0391038850 Pages: 304 Publication Date: 01 January 1996 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsBringing the people back in - economy and society in London and New York, Susanne MacGregor and Arthur Lipow; New York under siege, William Kornblum; soup kitchen blues - post-industrial poverty in Brooklyn, William DiFazio; poverty in London, Carey Oppenheimer; city of darkness, city of light - crime, drugs and disorder in London and New York, Geoff Pearson; inner city crisis and drug dealing - portrait of a New York drug dealer and his household, Eloise Dunlap; urban regeneration, economic restructuring and community response in Docklands, Andrew Church; bust, baby, bust - coming of age in America with inflated expectations and diminished options, Donna Gaines; race and housing - politics and policy in London, John Solomos; fiscal crisis and the new class politics - managing inequality in an age of decline, Eric Lichten; enabling or empowering - local democracy in a fragmenting society, Sue Goss; turning the clock back one hundred years - the problems of getting reliable information and of developing new social policies in the new economic order, Peter Townsend.ReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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