There has been a lack of debate between and frameworks for theories of the causes of
poverty. This article proposes that most theories of poverty can be productively categorized …

This review explains how and why the United States has systemically high poverty.
Descriptive evidence shows that US poverty is (i) a huge share of the population,(ii) a …

In the era of mass incarceration, over 600,000 people are released from federal or state
prison each year, with many returning to chaotic living environments rife with violence. In …

In the thirty years since Massey and Denton's American Apartheid, sociological scholarship
on segregation has proliferated, calling attention to the ways in which the social geography …

In this article, we ask where affluent and economically insecure households reside. We
examine the economic conditions of the tails of wage distributions in local areas to make …

Purpose Social protection states the public-mandated (strategies and programmes) to
address the vulnerability and risk among poor and near-poor households. Social protection …

The age of migration finds its physical manifestation in the immigrant neighbourhoods of
European cities. These 'ethnic enclaves' have received much attention from the public, as …

This review explains how and why the US has systemically high poverty. Descriptive
evidence shows US poverty is:(a) a huge share of the population;(b) a perennial outlier …

A longstanding debate among progressive community development advocates has been the
extent to which efforts should focus on mobility programs that give residents of distressed …

Perhaps the quintessential American board game is that of Monopoly. The objective of the
game is to acquire properties, build houses and hotels, collect rent, make money, and …