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03581aam a22004098i 4500 001 BB3D39C2A18B11E6AED112AEDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20161103010209 008 160331s2016 nyua b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2016015482 020 $a 1501704311 020 $a 9781501704314 035 $a (OCoLC)946142282 040 $a NIC/DLC $b eng $e rda $c COO $d DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d YDXCP $d BDX $d BTCTA $d ERASA $d CLE $d BKL $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a HT167 $b .G665 2016 082 00 $a 307.760973 $2 23 100 1 $a Goldsmith, William W., $e author. 245 10 $a Saving our cities : $b a progressive plan to transform urban America / $c William W. Goldsmith. 264 1 $a Ithaca : $b Cornell University Press, $c 2016. 300 $a x, 294 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Looking upstream -- Cities as political targets -- Cities as budget-cutting targets -- Troubled city schools -- Options for city schools -- The paradox of plenty -- Drugs, prisons, and neighborhoods -- Drug war politics -- Democracy, inequality, urban policy. 520 8 $a In 'Saving Our Cities', William W. Goldsmith shows how cities can be places of opportunity rather then places with problems. With strongly revived cities and suburbs, working as places that serve all their residents, metropolitan areas will thrive, thus making the national economy more productive, the environment better protected, the citizenry better educated, and the society more reflective, sensitive, and humane. 00Goldsmith argues that America has been in the habit of abusing its cities and their poorest suburbs, which are always the first to be blamed for society's ills and the last to be helped. As federal and state budgets, regulations, and programs line up with the interests of giant corporations and privileged citizens, they impose austerity on cities, shortchange public schools, make it hard to get nutritious food, and inflict the drug war on unlucky neighborhoods. 00Frustration with inequality is spreading. Parents and teachers call persistently for improvements in public schooling, and education experiments abound. Nutrition indicators have begun to improve, as rising health costs and epidemic obesity have led to widespread attention to food. The futility of the drug war and the high costs of unwarranted, unprecedented prison growth have become clear. Goldsmith documents a positive development: progressive politicians in many cities and some states are proposing far-reaching improvements, supported by advocacy groups that form powerful voting blocs, ensuring that Congress takes notice. When more cities forcefully demand enlightened federal and state action on these four interrelated problems?inequality, schools, food, and the drug war?positive movement will occur in traditional urban planning as well, so as to meet the needs of most residents for improved housing, better transportation, and enhanced public spaces. 650 0 $a Urban policy $z United States. 650 0 $a City planning $z United States. 650 0 $a Sociology, Urban $z United States. 650 7 $a City planning. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00862177 650 7 $a Sociology, Urban. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01123961 650 7 $a Urban policy. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01162489 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191217030749.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20161103024537.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=BB3D39C2A18B11E6AED112AEDAD10320 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search