Life in Poverty Neighbourhoods: European and American Perspectives

by Jürgen Friedrichs and Jörg Blasius

Book Overview

In contemporary European and American urban policy and politics and in academic research it is typically assumed that spatial concentrations of poor households and/or ethnic minority households will have negative effects upon the opportunities to improve the social conditions of those who are living in these concentrations. Since the level of concentration tends to be correlated with the level of spatial segregation the 'debate on segregation'...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415568358
• ISBN13: 9780415568357
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"