There Goes the Neighborhood: Racial, Ethnic, and Class Tensions in Four Chicago Neighborhoods and Their Meaning for America

by William Julius Wilson and Richard P. Taub

Book Overview

From one of America's most admired sociologists and urban policy advisers, There Goes the Neighborhood is a long-awaited look at how race, class, and ethnicity influence one of Americans' most personal choices--where we choose to live. The result of a three-year study of four working- and lower-middle class neighborhoods in Chicago, these riveting first-person narratives and the meticulous research which accompanies them reveal honest yet disturbing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679724184
• ISBN13: 9780679724186
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Vintage
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.2" x 8.0"

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in regards to the "fake names"

Often it is Institutional Review Board at the University from which the research was conducted that requires names be changed. It is not always the desire of the researcher to do so, but they must follow all IRB requirements. An institutional review board (IRB), also known as an independent ethics committee (IEC) or ethical review board (ERB) is a committee that has been formally designated to approve, monitor, and review biomedical and behavioral research involving humans with the aim to protect the rights and welfare of the research subjects. In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Department of Health and Human Services (specifically Office for Human Research Protections) regulations have empowered IRBs to approve, require modifications in planned research prior to approval, or disapprove research. An IRB performs critical oversight functions for research conducted on human subjects that are scientific, ethical, and regulatory. [...]

Incisive, trenchant analysis of urban Chicago...

This book provides unique research on urban areas of Chicago, and the policy implications of interactions among their inhabitants.