The Politics of Exclusion: The Failure of Race-Neutral Policies in Urban America
March 2, 2009 11:12 AM
by Leland T. Saito
Stanford University Press, $22.95
If policymakers strive to craft policies free of racial prejudice, why do racial disparities and inequalities continue to persist? That is the question Leland T. Saito, USC College associate professor of sociology and American studies and ethnicity, asked more than a dozen years ago as he began to examine how contemporary debates about race and society - and the proper role of government in addressing issues of race - shape public policy. Using three case studies that involve economic redevelopment, historic preservation and redistricting in San Diego, New York City and Los Angeles, Saito illustrates the enduring presence of racial considerations and inequality in public policy.
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