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Book SynopsisDescribes inner cities as structures of subordination. Given the government's role in creating and maintaining segregation, this work argues, justice demands no less than the sweeping federal action. It includes ten responses from scholars, journalists, and practicing lawyers. It is aimed at those interested in social justice, and domestic policy.
Trade Review"Making an entirely novel proposal, this book is fair, accurate, and just plain smart. I have not seen so bold a public policy pronouncement in quite some time."
—Samuel Issacharoff, Columbia Law School"Fiss sets forth with admirable clarity and rigor an integrationist manifesto for the early twenty-first century. The most striking aspect of his book is the unembarrassed, unequivocal, unblinking manner in which Fiss champions a position that has been in retreat since the mid 1960s. Fiss is boldly and seriously advancing ideas that will be scoffed at by dominant sectors of both the political right and the political left."
—Randall Kennedy, Harvard Law SchoolTable of ContentsPreface BY JOSHUA COHEN, JEFFERSON DECKER, AND JOEL ROGERS ix PART I: What Should Be Done for Those Who Have Been Left Behind? by OWEN FISS 3 PART II: Down by Law BY RICHARD FORD 47 Communities, Capital, and Conflicts BY TRACEY L. MEARES 51 Better Neighborhoods? BY ROBERT COLES 57 Beyond Moralizing BY J. PHILLIP THOMPSON 60 Creating Options BY JENNIFER HOCHSCHILD 68 Exit and Redevelopment BY GARY ORFIELD 74 Relocation Works BY JAMES E.ROSENBAUM 79 Unlikely Times BY ALEXANDER POLIKOFF 85 Against Social Engineering BY JIM SLEEPER 92 If Baldwin Could Speak BY STEVEN GREGORY 102 PART III: A Task Unfinished BY OWEN FISS 113 Notes on the Contributors 127 Index 129
