Left Behind In Rosedale: Race Relations And The Collapse Of Community Institutions

by Scott Cummings

Overview

Left Behind in Rosedale is a stunning analysis of community and neighborhood decline. Through creative application of ethnographic analysis, participant observation, and in-depth interviews, Scott Cummings' unique book breathes human life into one of the most serious problems facing the nation's cities: the ghettoization of urban neighborhoods. Tra

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367316655
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/27/2019
Pages:	239
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Scott Cummings is professor of urban policy and sociology at the University of Louisville. He is director of the Doctoral Program in Urban and Public Affairs and director of the centre for Policy Research and Evaluation. For the past ten years, he has served as editor of the Journal of Urban Affairs.

Table of Contents

Race Relations and Urban Neighborhoods — The Ghettoization of Rosedale — Racial Transition and the Loss of Community — Racism and Residential Transition: Old Myths and New Realities — The Adolescent Menace: Beyond Racial Stereotypes — Sexual Violence in Rosedale — The Wilding Incidents of 1982 — The Underclass of Rosedale: Community Institutions in Crisis — The Struggle to Create New Institutions: The Crisis Deepens — Public Policy, Social Change, and the Fall of Rosedale — Race Relations, Social Justice, and the Future of Urban Neighborhoods