Urban Society: The Shame of Governance
We can leave the end of the urban debates to those who don t really care about city folk. For those who do care, cities remain vital institutions whose resources and policies determine the educational, economic, and political and social well-being of the residents. Who governs, how and why remain vital questions. Grantham and Chorbajian s book, Urban Society: The Shame of Governance, chronicles the big challenges facing today s American cities and offers insights into what we need to fix them. --Corey Dolgon, Director of Community-Based Learning and Professor of Sociology, Stonehill College, author of The End of the Hamptons: Scenes from the Class Struggle in America s ParadiseGrantham and Chorbajian provide a framework for this selection of readings that views urban development and inequality through the prism of power dynamics. The result is a hard-hitting, relentless critique of political and economic impacts on U.S. cities, placing the shame of governance at the center of urban studies. --Timothy Black, Professor of Sociology, University of Hartford, author of When a Heart Turns Rock Solid: The Lives of Three Puerto Rican Brothers On and Off the StreetsGrantham and Chorbajian provide a framework for this selection of readings that views urban development and inequality through the prism of power dynamics. The result is a hard-hitting, relentless critique of political and economic impacts on U.S. cities, placing the shame of governance at the center of urban studies. --Timothy Black, Professor of Sociology, University of Hartford, author of When a Heart Turns Rock Solid: The Lives of Three Puerto Rican Brothers On and Off the StreetsGrantham and Chorbajian provide a framework for this selection of readings that views urban development and inequality through the prism of power dynamics. The result is a hard-hitting, relentless critique of political and economic impacts on U.S. cities, placing the shame of governance at the center of urban studies. --Timothy Black, Professor of Sociology, University of Hartford, author of When a Heart Turns Rock Solid: The Lives of Three Puerto Rican Brothers On and Off the Streets