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03383aam a2200481 i 4500 001 D961FB18AE9011EDA0B1416654ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230217010059 008 211104t20222022ilua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2021054319 020 $a 0226821145 020 $a 9780226821146 020 $a 022681906X 020 $a 9780226819068 035 $a (OCoLC)1287747778 040 $a ICU/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d BDX $d YDX $d OCLCO $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-il 050 00 $a HD7304.C4 $b B37 2022 100 1 $a Bartram, Robin, $e author. 245 10 $a Stacked decks : $b building inspectors and the reproduction of urban inequality / $c Robin Bartram. 246 30 $a Building inspectors and the reproduction of urban inequality 264 1 $a Chicago, IL : $b The University of Chicago Press, $c 2022. 300 $a viii, 232 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction -- Stacked decks -- Building inspections -- Rentals and relative assessments -- Helping out homeowners : changing faces and stubborn realities -- Justice blockers -- Reshuffling the deck. 520 $a "Sociologist Robin Bartram here uses both ethnography and statistical analysis to show how the actions of individuals affect--or attempt to affect--housing inequality. And the individuals at the heart of this book are Chicago's building inspectors. Though we rarely see them at work, building inspectors have the power to significantly shape our lives through their discretionary decisions. Using a mixed-methods analysis of the building inspectors who respond to complaints about housing conditions in Chicago, Bartram both calls attention to the importance of these frontline workers and the power of their agency as she reveals surprising patterns in the judgment calls inspectors make when deciding whom to cite for building code violations. The inspectors (mostly men, mostly white) recognize that they work within an uneven housing landscape, one that systematically disadvantages poor people and people of color through redlining, property taxes, and city spending that favor wealthy neighborhoods. Though they often act out of a desire to bring justice to the uneven playing field by penalizing those perceived as advantaged, these stabs at justice do little to change a housing system that works against those with the fewest resources."-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Building inspectors $z Chicago. $z Chicago. 650 0 $a Building inspection $x Social aspects $z Chicago. $z Chicago. 650 0 $a Housing $z Chicago. $z Chicago. 650 0 $a Equality $z Chicago. $z Chicago. 650 0 $a Discrimination in housing $z Chicago. $z Chicago. 650 6 $a Inspecteurs en batiments $z Chicago. $z Chicago. 650 6 $a Construction $x Aspect social $x Aspect social $z Chicago. $z Chicago. 650 6 $a Discrimination dans le logement $z Chicago. $z Chicago. 650 7 $a Building inspectors. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00840686 650 7 $a Discrimination in housing. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00895081 650 7 $a Equality. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00914456 650 7 $a Housing. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00962245 651 7 $a Illinois $z Chicago. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204048 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20230217010614.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D961FB18AE9011EDA0B1416654ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search