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Locked in and Locked Out: The Impact of Urban Land Use Policy and Market Forces on African Americans - Couverture rigide

Bobo, Benjamin F.

 
9780275967543: Locked in and Locked Out: The Impact of Urban Land Use Policy and Market Forces on African Americans
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0275967549 ISBN 13 : 9780275967543
Editeur : Praeger Publishers Inc, 2001

Synopsis

African Americans have suffered intensely at the hands of America's dominant group, but the roles played by urban planning, land use policy, and the free market are not well known. Presenting a new conceptual approach, this book considers their locking effect on African Americans, showing, for instance, that one-acre zoning and similar policies in upscale neighborhoods lock African Americans out while market mechanisms in decaying neighborhoods lock them in. Arguing that the locking effect leads to the disenfranchisement of African Americans, Bobo shows how wealth is channeled to the dominant group and African Americans' life choices are denuded, creating a volatile situation.

Although classical economic theory holds that a free market allocates scarce resources in the best interest of society, in reality market mechanisms do not work to the advantage of African Americans. Nor does public regulation of land use operate in their interest, although public policy is presumed to produce equitable and favorable outcomes for all members of society. This book explores how a combination of government regulation of land use and free market forces have created the locking effect, which has cultivated and sustained a process of disenfranchisement of African Americans.

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À propos de l'auteur

BENJAMIN F. BOBO is Professor of Finance in the College of Business Administration at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles./e His research focuses on life-choice problems of the economically disadvantaged. He has conducted research in the U.S. and abroad and is the author of numerous articles.

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Éditeur
Praeger Publishers Inc
Date d'édition
2001
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0275967549
ISBN 13 
9780275967543
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
168
Coordonnées du fabricant
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