RT Book
T1 Dark ghettos: injustice, dissent, and reform
A1 Shelby, Tommie 1967-
LA English
PP Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England
PB The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
YR 2016
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/856274135
AB "Why do ghettos persist?" Tommie Shelby asks in Dark Ghettos. Today, ghettos are widely seen as social problems that public policy should aim to solve. Shelby calls this the "medical model" because it portrays ghettos as sick patients in need of treatment. In his view, this model ignores the political agency of the ghetto poor and the underlying social structures that perpetuate disadvantage in black communities. Shelby argues that we should conceive of ghettos within a "justice paradigm" instead. Adopting a Rawlsian framework, he considers the existence of ghettos as a sign of deeply embedded social injustice, and he offers a "nonideal" social theory, establishing what the government and citizens are obligated and permitted to do within fundamentally unfair conditions. His theory arises through practical considerations: should the American government enforce residential diversity? Should welfare programs disincentivize single motherhood? For those who live in ghettos, is voluntary non-work--or street violence, or hip-hop--a just and valid form of dissent? Ultimately, Shelby aims to establish principles that will lead to the abolishment of ghettos through just reform.--
AB Introduction: Rethinking the problem of the ghetto -- Part I. Liberty, equality, fraternity -- Injustice -- Community -- Culture -- Part II. Of love and labor -- Reproduction -- Family -- Work -- Part III. Rejecting the claims of law -- Crime -- Punishment -- Impure dissent -- Epilogue: renewing ghetto abolitionism
NO Hier auch später erschienen unveränderte Nachdrucke
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN HV4045
SN 9780674970502
SN 9780674984073
K1 Inner cities : United States
K1 Social Justice : United States
K1 Racism in public welfare : United States
K1 African Americans : United States : Social conditions
K1 Inner cities : Government policy : United States
K1 USA : Schwarze : Stadtviertel : Soziale Ungleichheit : Sozialpolitik