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Social Justice in Diverse Suburbs: History, Politics, and Prospects
Author(s): Christopher Niedt
- Publisher: Temple University Press
- Publication Date: June 7, 2013
- Language: English
- Print length: 252 pages
- ISBN-10: 1439910502
- ISBN-13: 9781439910504
Book Description
American suburbs have been seen as both exclusive idylls for elites as well as crucibles for new ideologies of gender, class, race, and property. But few have considered what the growing diversity of suburban America has meant for progressive social, economic, and political justice movements. Social This title is a pioneering and multidisciplinary volume that reassesses commonplace understandings of suburban activism.
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About the Author
Christopher Niedt is Academic Director for the National Center for Suburban Studies and Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Hofstra University. He is co-editor (with Marc Silver) of Forging a New Housing Policy: Opportunity in the Wake of Crisis.
