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Book SynopsisLearn how racial and political bias often contribute to the misuse of funding and affect low income and minority communities!
Share an insider’s view of how race and politics impact the distribution of city services and how the promises of elected African Americans and liberal whites to poor communities are often broken. Authored by a noted expert in urban studies, Race, Politics, and Community Development Funding: The Discolor of Money follows federal money designated to alleviate urban poverty and blight at the local level. Using a variety of research methods, the author shows how key actors (mayor, council members, public bureaucrats) often contribute to the misuse of funds.
Race, Politics, and Community Development Funding follows the trail of over $247 million allocated to the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from 1975 to 1997. You’ll learn where money designated to address problems of urban blight and poverty really went. Through interviews, participant
Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- Chapter 2. CDBG Program Overview
- Chapter 3. The Socioeconomic Status of Milwaukee’s African Americans
- Chapter 4. Surveying the Impact of Race in Milwaukee’s Allocation of CDBG Funds
- Chapter 5. CDBG Allocation Patterns
- Chapter 6. The Unequal and Ugly Effect of Race in the Allocation of CDBG Funds
- Chapter 7. Bending Existing CDBG Rules
- Chapter 8. Conclusion: How Race Directly Affects the Allocation of CDBG Funds in Milwaukee
- Appendix A: Research Methods
- References
- Index
