Clearing the Way: Deconcentrating the Poor in Urban America

by Edward G. Goetz

Book Overview

Over the past three decades, the concentration of poverty in America's inner cities has exacerbated a wide range of social problems. School delinquency, school dropout, teenage pregnancy, out-of-wedlock childbirth, violent crime, and drug abuse are magnified in neighborhoods where the majority of residents are poor. In response, policymakers have embarked on a large and coordinated effort to "deconcentrate" the urban poor by dispersing the residents...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0877667128
• ISBN13: 9780877667124
• Release Date: June 2003
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 326 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.