Jessica TrounstineCambridge University Press, 1/31/2019EAN 9781108429955, ISBN10: 1108429955Hardcover, 264 pages, 23.5 x 15.8 x 2.1 cmLanguage: EnglishSegregation by Design draws on more than 100 years of quantitative and qualitative data from thousands of American cities to explore how local governments generate race and class segregation. Starting in the early twentieth century, cities have used their power of land use control to determine the location and availability of housing, amenities (such as parks), and negative land uses (such as garbage dumps). The result has been segregation - first within cities and more recently between them. Documenting changing patterns of segregation and their political mechanisms, Trounstine argues that city governments have pursued these policies to enhance the wealth and resources of white property owners at the expense of people of color and the poor. Contrary to leading theories of urban politics, local democracy has not functioned to represent all residents. The result is unequal access to fundamental local services - from schools, to safe neighborhoods, to clean water.1. Introduction2. A theory of segregation by design3. Protecting investmentssegregation and the development of the metropolis4. Engineering enclaveshow local governments produce segregation5. Living on the wrong side of the tracksinequality in public goods provision, 1900–19406. Cracks in the foundationlosing control over protected neighborhoods7. Segregation's negative consequences8. Locking in segregation through suburban control9. The polarized nation that segregation built10. Concluding thoughts and new designsReferencesIndex.
