Dark Ghettos: Injustice, Dissent, and Reform

by Tommie Shelby

Book Overview

Winner of the Spitz Prize, Conference for the Study of Political Thought
Winner of the North American Society for Social Philosophy Book Award

Why do American ghettos persist? Scholars and commentators often identify some factor--such as single motherhood, joblessness, or violent street crime--as the key to solving the problem and recommend policies accordingly. But, Tommie Shelby argues, these attempts to "fix" ghettos or "help"...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674984072
• ISBN13: 9780674984073
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.9"