Homeownership Affordability

Homeownership Affordability
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Subcommittee on Housing and Urban Affairs
Publisher:
Total Pages: 176
Release: 1987
Genre: Home ownership
ISBN:

Racism in the United States

Racism in the United States
Author: Meyer Weinberg
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 704
Release: 1990-05-21
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0313064601

This volume represents the most comprehensive book-length bibliography on the subject of racism available in the United States. Compiler Meyer Weinberg has surveyed a wide-ranging group of material and classified it under 87 subject headings, drawing on articles, books, congressional hearings and reports, theses and dissertations, research reports, and investigative journalism. Historical references cover the long history of racism, while the heightened awareness and activity of the recent past is also addressed in detail. In addition to works that fit the narrow definition of racism as a mode of oppression or group denial of rights based on color, Weinberg includes references dealing with sexism, antisemitism, economic exploitation, and similar forms of dehumanization. References are grouped under a series of subject headings that include Civil Rights, Desegregation, Housing, Socialism and Racism, Unemployment, and Violence against Minorities. Items which do not have self-explanatory titles are annotated, and virtually every section is thoroughly cross-referenced. Also included is one section of carefully selected references on racism in countries other than the United States. Unlike the remainder of the book, this section is not comprehensive, but rather provides an opportunity to view racism comparatively. The volume concludes with an author index. This work will be a significant addition to both academic and public libraries, as well as an important resource for courses in racism, sociology, and black history.

Secrets of the Temple

Secrets of the Temple
Author: William Greider
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 804
Release: 1989-01-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0671675567

Reveals how the Federal Reserve under Paul Volcker engineered changes in America's economy.

Urban America 1984

Urban America 1984
Author: United States. National Urban Policy Advisory Committee
Publisher:
Total Pages: 128
Release: 1984
Genre: Cities and towns
ISBN:

Rethinking Rental Housing

Rethinking Rental Housing
Author: John Gilderbloom
Publisher: Temple University Press
Total Pages: 299
Release: 2012-06-20
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1439906718

In recent years, almost daily media attention has been focused on the plight of the homeless in cities across the United States. Drawing upon experiences in the U.S. and Europe, John Gilderbloom and Richard Appelbaum challenge conventional assumptions concerning the operation of housing markets and provide policy alternatives directed at the needs of low- and moderate-income families. Rethinking Rental Housing is a ground-breaking analysis that shows the value of applying a broad sociological approach to urban problems, one that takes into account the basic economic, social, and political dimensions of the urban housing crisis. Gilderbloom and Appelbaum predict that this crisis will worsen in the 1990s and argue that a "supply and demand" approach will not work in this case because housing markets are not competitive. They propose that the most effective approach to affordable housing is to provide non-market alternatives fashioned after European housing programs, particularly the Swedish model. An important feature of this book is the discussion of tenant movements that have tried to implement community values in opposition to values of development and landlord capital. One of the very few publications on rental housing, it is unique in applying a sociological framework to the study of this topic.