Making Our Neighborhoods, Making Our Selves

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Drawing on economics, sociology, geography, and psychology, Galster delivers a clear-sighted explanation of what neighborhoods are, how they come to be—and what they should be. Urban theorists have tried for decades to define exactly what a neighborhood is. But behind that daunting existential question lies a much murkier problem: never mind how you define them—how do you make neighborhoods productive and fair for their residents? In Making Our Neighborhoods, Making Our Selves, George C. Galster delves deep into the question of whether American neighborhoods are as efficient and equitable as they could be—socially, financially, and emotionally—and, if not, what we can do to change that. Galster aims to redefine the relationship between places and people, promoting specific policies that reduce inequalities in housing markets and beyond. Contents Preface Part 1. Neighborhoods: Overarching Frames And Definitions One. Introduction Two. The Meaning of Neighborhood Appendix to Chapter Two. Formal Expression of Aspects of Neighborhood Part 2. Making our Neighborhoods Three. The Origins of Neighborhood Change Four. Neighborhood Downgrading and Upgrading Five. Expectations, Information, Search, and Neighborhood Change Six. Nonlinear and Threshold Effects Related to Neighborhood Seven. Neighborhood Segregation by Class and Race Part 3. Neighborhoods Making our Selves Eight. The Effects of Neighborhoods on Individual Socioeconomic Outcomes Nine. Neighborhoods, Social Efficiency, and Social Equity Appendix to Chapter Nine. Mathematical Analyses of Most Efficient Social Mix with Different Neighborhood Externality Effects Part 4. Remaking Neighborhoods for our Better Selves Ten. Toward a Circumscribed, Neighborhood-Supportive Suite of Public Policies Eleven. Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes References Index