{"product_id":"the-servant-class-city-urban-revitalization-versus-the-working-poor-in-san-diego-paperback-softback-9780816697489","title":"The Servant Class City; Urban Revitalization Versus the Working Poor in San Diego (Paperback \/ softback) 9780816697489","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Servant Class City\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eUrban Revitalization Versus the Working Poor in San Diego\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid J. Karjanen (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780816697489\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 July 2016\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e312 pages, 3\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 3.8 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Written in an accessible style, this is a cautionary tale of how urban revitalization bypasses low-income communities, constraining the economic mobility of the working poor and increasing their reliance on shady financial services and other predatory institutions.\"-Nik Theodore, University of Illinois at Chicago\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Servant Class City \u003c\/i\u003eis a remarkable book. There are few other books that document growing urban inequality's mechanisms in such a fine-grained way, with both qualitative and quantitative evidence.\"-Jane Collins, University of Wisconsin–Madison\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The book’s strong point is its grounding in the real lives of people.\"-\u003ci\u003ePlanning Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This valuable case study does an excellent job of demonstrating the complex reality the hardworking poor face in neoliberal capitalism.\"-\u003ci\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Karjanen expertly illustrates the ineffectiveness of conventional revitalization initiatives devised to reduce poverty.\"-\u003ci\u003eH-Net\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"There is much to like about Karjanen’s work.\"-\u003ci\u003eJournal of Urban Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Karjanen’s work is an exemplary study that paves the way for future work in urban sociology.\"-\u003ci\u003eContemporary Sociology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSan Diego, California, is frequently viewed as a model for American urban revitalization. It looks like a success story, with blight and poverty replaced by high-rises and jobs. But David J. Karjanen shows that the much-touted job opportunities for poor people have been concentrated in low-paying service work as the cost of living in San Diego has soared. \u003ci\u003eThe Servant Class City\u003c\/i\u003e documents how, over a period of three decades, San Diego’s urban transformation actually eroded the economic standing of the city’s working poor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKarjanen demonstrates that urban policy in San Diego, which has been devoted to increasing tourism, has fostered the creation of jobs that do not actually provide either livable wages or paths to upward mobility. Marshaling a wealth of heretofore uncollected data, he challenges the presumption that decades-long stagnation of job mobility in the united states is a result of insufficient worker training or a “skills mismatch,” or is attributable to various personal qualities of the urban poor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKarjanen interweaves profiles of people with a compelling presentation of data. Each chapter addresses a significant topic: hospitality industry jobs, retail work, informal employment, “fringe banking,” and economic barriers to mobility. In revealing the true story of the “poverty traps” that are associated with low-wage jobs in the service economy, \u003ci\u003eThe Servant Class City\u003c\/i\u003e complicates the rosy picture of life in an American tourist boomtown.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Changing Urban Fortunes\u003cbr\u003e 1. Subsidizing Capital and Expanding Low-Wage Work\u003cbr\u003e 2. A Good Job Is Hard to Find\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Working in the Servant Class\u003cbr\u003e 3. Working in the Hospitality Industry\u003cbr\u003e 4. Working Retail in the Inner City\u003cbr\u003e 5. Working On, Off, and Around the Books\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Living in the Servant-Class Economy\u003cbr\u003e 6. Do-It-Yourself Safety Nets\u003cbr\u003e 7. Asset Poverty and the High Cost of Fringe Banking\u003cbr\u003e 8. The Low-Income Trap: Barriers to Economic Mobility\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: An Expanding Servant Class or a Pathway to Prosperity?\u003cbr\u003e Appendix A. The Communities\u003cbr\u003e Appendix B. Servant Class Occupations in San Diego\u003cbr\u003e Appendix C. Survey Data and Methodology Chronology\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Univ Of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52570086179096,"sku":"9780816697489","price":19.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-servant-class-city-urban-revitalization-versus-the-working-poor-in-san-diego-paperback-softback-9780816697489","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}