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1 online resource (340 pages) |
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monochrome |
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"Why do ghettos persist?" Tommie Shelby asks in Dark Ghettos. Today, ghettos are widely seen as social problems that public policy should aim to solve. Shelby calls this the "medical model" because it portrays ghettos as sick patients in need of treatment. In his view, this model ignores the political agency of the ghetto poor and the underlying social structures that perpetuate disadvantage in black communities. Shelby argues that we should conceive of ghettos within a "justice paradigm" instead. Adopting a Rawlsian framework, he considers the existence of ghettos as a sign of deeply embedded social injustice, and he offers a "nonideal" social theory, establishing what the government and citizens are obligated and permitted to do within fundamentally unfair conditions. His theory arises through practical considerations: should the American government enforce residential diversity? Should welfare programs disincentivize single motherhood? For those who live in ghettos, is voluntary non-work--or street violence, or hip-hop--a just and valid form of dissent? Ultimately, Shelby aims to establish principles that will lead to the abolishment of ghettos through just reform.-- Provided by publisher |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Rethinking the problem of the ghetto -- Part I. Liberty, equality, fraternity. Injustice ; Community ; Culture -- Part II. Of love and labor. Reproduction ; Family ; Work -- Part III. Rejecting the claims of law. Crime ; Punishment ; Impure dissent -- Epilogue: Renewing ghetto abolitionism. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
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Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2019. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2019 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
In English. |
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Inner cities -- United States.
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Inner cities. |
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United States. |
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Social justice -- United States.
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Social justice. |
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Racism in public welfare -- United States.
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Racism in public welfare. |
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African Americans -- Social conditions.
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African Americans -- Social conditions. |
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Inner cities -- Government policy -- United States.
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Inner cities -- Government policy. |
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PHILOSOPHY / Political. |
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USA. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Shelby, Tommie, 1967- Dark ghettos. Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2016 (DLC) 2016011715 (OCoLC)945730111 |
| ISBN |
9780674974647 (electronic book) |
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0674974646 (electronic book) |
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9780674970502 (alkaline paper) |
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0674970500 |
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9780674984073 |
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0674984072 |
| Standard No. |
10.4159/9780674974647 |
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99977609658 |
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