Like past editions, this ninth edition of Social Inequality: Forms, Causes, and Consequences
is a user-friendly introduction to the study of social inequality. This book conveys the …

In the decade following the housing crisis, Americans remain enthusiastic about the
prospect of owning a home. Homeownership is a symbol of status attainment in the United …

Neighborhood decline is a complex and multidimensional process. National and regional
variations in economic and political structures (including varieties in national welfare state …

Democracy is a wounded mammoth, looming large but mainly ignored by policy theorists.
While serving democracy was a foundational goal of the policy sciences, few public policy …

The customary mode of flat rate-property taxation used in the United States and many other
Anglospheric countries encourages the consumption of ever greater volumes of energy and …

Neighborhoods represent a scale at which inequalities are reflected in the unequal spatial
distribution of ethnic and income groups across urban space. However, neighborhoods are …

The housing affordability crisis is one of the defining features of the US today. The demand
for housing subsidies outstrips supply by a factor of at least 4 to 1. Moreover, housing …

Although the mortgage interest deduction enjoys broad public support, critics argue that the
policy disproportionately benefits wealthy households, fails to expand homeownership …

We present a dynamic life-cycle model of demand for housing, including owneroccupied
housing, investment property and liquid assets. Households face downpayment …

Faced with the rampant expansion of informal settlements in cities, many national
governments across the global South have instituted formal social housing programs. In …