ABSTRACT
This fascinating book examines the 1990s rise of a new black ghetto in rust belt America, 'the global ghetto'. It uses the emergent perspective of 'racial economy' to delineate a fundamental proposition; historically neglected and marginalized black ghettos, in a 1990s era of societal boom and bust, have become more impoverished, more stigmatized, and functionally ambiguous as areas.
As these ghettos grow in size and become more stigmatized entities in contemporary society, our understanding of them in relation to evolving cities and society has not kept pace. This book looks to the heart of this misunderstanding, to find out how race and political economy in cities dynamically connect in new ways ('racial economy') to deepen deprivation in these areas. This book is an essential read for students of geography, urban studies and sociology.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|69 pages
Glocal black ghetto emergence
chapter 1|16 pages
Introduction
chapter 2|30 pages
Rise of glocal ghetto
chapter 3|21 pages
The global trope
part II|57 pages
Current ghetto dynamics
chapter 4|28 pages
Glocal ghetto changes
chapter 5|27 pages
Recent sustaining – Bush policy effects
part III|23 pages
The active black ghetto