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Knocking on the Door: The Federal Government's Attempt to Desegregate the Suburbs

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Analyzes federal involvement in residential segregation. Providing an analysis of the period 1968 to 1973, this book examines how the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) attempted to forge elementary changes in segregated residential patterns by opening up the suburbs to groups historically excluded for racial or economic reasons.



Table of Contents:
Preface ix List of Abbreviations for Frequently Cited Government Agencies and Commissions xiii Chapter One: Residential Segregation The Forgotten Civil Rights Issue 1 Chapter Two: The Divergence of Civil Rights Policies in Housing, Education, and Employment 25 Chapter Three: The Federal Government and Residential Segregation, 1866-1968 57 Chapter Four: Conviction and Controversy HUD Formulates Its Fair Housing Policies 9 Chapter Five: Indirect Attack A Housing Freeze Kills Civil Rights Efforts 121 Chapter Six: The Recent Past, Present, and Future of Residential Desegregation 144 List of Abbreviations for Notes 167 Notes 169 Works Cited 207 Index 227

About the Author :
Christopher Bonastia is assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at Lehman College, City University of New York, and a former Robert Wood Johnson Scholar in Health Policy at the University of California, Berkeley

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"Why have federal efforts at housing desegregation been less successful than struggles against school and job discrimination? In a thoughtful comparison of the responsible federal agencies, Bonastia contends that the 'institutional home' in which a desegregation task was placed is crucial... [Knocking on the Door] clearly lays out choices and the consequences of desegregation efforts. Highly recommended."--S. D. Borchert, Choice "I found this book to be useful and informative... [It demonstrates] why a results-oriented approach to civil-rights enforcement was not undertaken in housing, as it was, for a time, in education and employment... Bonastia makes a convincing argument that, with a different type of enforcement agency combating housing discrimination, progress could have been greater than it was."--John E. Farley, Contexts "This book provides a fascinating look at the details and nuances of public policy history during the Civil Rights era and deepens our understanding of the consequences of institutional arrangements for the effectiveness of social policy. The book is thus relevant to scholars of social change, institutions, and racial stratification... This work offers valuable insight into the federal role in perpetuating segregation and the institutional forces limiting social change."--Chenoa Flippen, American Journal of Sociology


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780691119342
  • Publisher: Princeton University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Princeton University Press
  • Height: 235 mm
  • No of Pages: 256
  • Sub Title: The Federal Government's Attempt to Desegregate the Suburbs
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0691119341
  • Publisher Date: 16 Apr 2006
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Weight: 510 gr


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