The Paradox of Urban Revitalization: Progress and Poverty in America's Postindustrial Era
In the twenty-first century, cities in the United States that had suffered most the shift to a postindustrial era entered a period widely proclaimed as an urban renaissance. From Detroit to Newark to Oakland and elsewhere commentators saw cities rising again. Yet revitalization generated a second urban crisis marked by growing inequality and civil unrest reminiscent of the upheavals associated with the first urban crisis in the mid-twentieth century. The urban poor and residents of color have remained very much at a disadvantage in the face of racially biased capital investments, narrowing options for affordable housing, and mass incarceration. In profiling nine cities grappling with challenges of the twenty-first century, author Howard Gillette, Jr. evaluates the uneven efforts to secure racial and class equity as city fortunes have risen. Charting the tension between the practice of corporate subsidy and efforts to assure social justice, The Paradox of Urban Revitalization assesses the course of urban politics and policy over the past half century, before the COVID-19 pandemic upended everything, and details prospects for achieving greater equity in the years ahead.
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The Paradox of Urban Revitalization: Progress and Poverty in America's Postindustrial Era
In the twenty-first century, cities in the United States that had suffered most the shift to a postindustrial era entered a period widely proclaimed as an urban renaissance. From Detroit to Newark to Oakland and elsewhere commentators saw cities rising again. Yet revitalization generated a second urban crisis marked by growing inequality and civil unrest reminiscent of the upheavals associated with the first urban crisis in the mid-twentieth century. The urban poor and residents of color have remained very much at a disadvantage in the face of racially biased capital investments, narrowing options for affordable housing, and mass incarceration. In profiling nine cities grappling with challenges of the twenty-first century, author Howard Gillette, Jr. evaluates the uneven efforts to secure racial and class equity as city fortunes have risen. Charting the tension between the practice of corporate subsidy and efforts to assure social justice, The Paradox of Urban Revitalization assesses the course of urban politics and policy over the past half century, before the COVID-19 pandemic upended everything, and details prospects for achieving greater equity in the years ahead.
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The Paradox of Urban Revitalization: Progress and Poverty in America's Postindustrial Era

The Paradox of Urban Revitalization: Progress and Poverty in America's Postindustrial Era

by Howard Gillette Jr.
The Paradox of Urban Revitalization: Progress and Poverty in America's Postindustrial Era
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The Paradox of Urban Revitalization: Progress and Poverty in America's Postindustrial Era

The Paradox of Urban Revitalization: Progress and Poverty in America's Postindustrial Era

by Howard Gillette Jr.

Overview

In the twenty-first century, cities in the United States that had suffered most the shift to a postindustrial era entered a period widely proclaimed as an urban renaissance. From Detroit to Newark to Oakland and elsewhere commentators saw cities rising again. Yet revitalization generated a second urban crisis marked by growing inequality and civil unrest reminiscent of the upheavals associated with the first urban crisis in the mid-twentieth century. The urban poor and residents of color have remained very much at a disadvantage in the face of racially biased capital investments, narrowing options for affordable housing, and mass incarceration. In profiling nine cities grappling with challenges of the twenty-first century, author Howard Gillette, Jr. evaluates the uneven efforts to secure racial and class equity as city fortunes have risen. Charting the tension between the practice of corporate subsidy and efforts to assure social justice, The Paradox of Urban Revitalization assesses the course of urban politics and policy over the past half century, before the COVID-19 pandemic upended everything, and details prospects for achieving greater equity in the years ahead.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780812253719
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
Publication date: 06/07/2022
Series: The City in the Twenty-First Century
Pages: 344
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Howard Gillette, Jr. is Professor of History Emeritus at Rutgers University-Camden.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Part I Captives of the Old Paradigm

Chapter 1 Baltimore: Despite Multiple Rebirths, a City Still Divided 15

Chapter 2 Detroit: Despite a Visionary Strategic Plan, a City Still Depressed 39

Chapter 3 Camden: Despite Massive Business Incentives, Still a City of Limited Opportunity 66

Part II Shifting Ground

Chapter 4 Milwaukee: Beyond the New Urbanism, Questions of Equity and Justice 95

Chapter 5 New Haven: In a "Model City" Dominated by Eds and Meds, Still Contested Development 114

Chapter 6 Washington, D.C.: In Chocolate City, a Fight to Hold On 142

Part III Breaking Through

Chapter 7 Oakland: What Resistance Can Achieve 171

Chapter 8 Pittsburgh: Where Equity Seeks to Catch Up with Innovation 191

Chapter 9 Newark: The Hard Road to Inclusive Growth 215

Conclusion 236

Notes 251

Index 313

Acknowledgments 327

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