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Social Justice in Diverse Suburbs
History, Politics, and Prospects
Christopher Niedt (Edited by)
9781439910504
Paperback / softback, published 7 June 2013
252 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.666 kg
How the suburbs can give rise to campaigns for progressive change
Christopher Niedt
PART I Race, Class, and Exclusion in the Twenty-First Century
2 Twenty-First-Century Suburban Demography: Increasing Diversity Yet Lingering Exclusion
Nancy A. Denton and Joseph R. Gibbons
3 The Suburban Geography of Moral Panic: Low-Income Housing and the Revanchist Fringe
L. Owen Kirkpatrick and Casey Gallagher
4 Protest on the Astroturf at Downtown Silver Spring: July 4, 2007
June Williamson
PART II Revealing Activist Histories
5 “In the Spirit of Equality”: Conflict, Dissonance, and the Potential for Transformative Educational Change
Anne Galletta
6 Not Quite Suburban: Progressive Activism in Postwar Chicago
Robert Gioielli
7 Fringe Politics: Suburban Expansion and the Mexican American Struggle for Alviso, California
Aaron Cavin
Part III Sustaining Social Justice in the Diverse Suburb
8 Maywood, Not Mayberry: Latinos and Suburbia in Los Angeles County
Manuel Pastor
9 Black, Brown, White, and Green: Race, Land Use, and Environmental Politics in a Changing Richmond
Alex Schafran and Lisa M. Feldstein
10 Public Archaeology and Sense of Place in Alexandria, Virginia: An Exploration of the Changing Significance of Fort Ward Park
Douglas R. Appler
11 First Suburbs and Nonprofit Housing: How Do Urban CDCs Develop Affordable Housing in Suburban Communities?
JoAnna Mitchell-Brown
12 The Future of Fair Housing in a Diverse Suburbia
john a. powell and Jason Reece
References
Contributors
Index