Poverty and place : ghettos, barrios, and the American city /

Jargowsky, Paul A,

Poverty and place : ghettos, barrios, and the American city / [print] Paul A. Jargowsky. - New York : Russell Sage Foundation, (c)1997. - xiv, 288 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.



Studying neighborhood poverty -- Neighborhood poverty between 1970 and 1990 -- Neighborhood poverty in 1990 -- Characteristics of high-poverty neighborhoods -- Theory and evidence on inner-city poverty -- Analysis of neighborhood poverty -- Chaos or community? directions for public policy.



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Community development, Urban--United States.
Inner cities--United States.
Urban poor--United States.
Cultural pluralism--United States.

HN90.J37.P684 1997