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10%OFFDavid Dante Troutt - The Price of Paradise. The Costs of Inequality and a Vision for a More Equitable America.  - 9781479828807 - V9781479828807
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The Price of Paradise. The Costs of Inequality and a Vision for a More Equitable America.

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Description for The Price of Paradise. The Costs of Inequality and a Vision for a More Equitable America. Paperback. Num Pages: 282 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHB; LBBC; LNHD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 422.

American communities are facing chronic problems: fiscal stress, urban decline, environmental sprawl, mass incarceration, political isolation, disproportionate foreclosures and severe public health risks. In The Price of Paradise, David Troutt argues that it is a lack of mutuality in our local decision making that has led to this looming crisis facing cities and local governments.
Arguing that there are structural flaws in the American dream, Troutt investigates the role that place plays in our thinking and how we have organized our communities to create or deny opportunity. Legal rules and policies that promoted mobility for most citizens simultaneously ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
Number of Pages
282
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781479828807
SKU
V9781479828807
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About David Dante Troutt
David Dante Troutt is Professor of Law and Justice John J. Francis Scholar at the Rutgers University-Newark Law School. He also serves as Director of the Center on Law in Metropolitan Equity at Rutgers Law School. Troutt is a columnist, novelist, and the author of several works of nonfiction, most recently After the Storm: Black Intellectuals Explore the Meaning of ... Read more

Reviews for The Price of Paradise. The Costs of Inequality and a Vision for a More Equitable America.
A rare and compelling account of how local governance practices produce racial inequality at every level of American lifeand of what we can do about it. Ambitious but pragmatic, the Price of Paradise offers fresh and concrete ideas for solving the most entrenched social problem in American history.
Devon Carbado,co-author of Acting White? Rethinking Race in "Post-Racial" America David ... Read more

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