1st Edition

Neighborhoods, Family, and Political Behavior in Urban America Political Behavior & Orientations

By Yvette Alex-Assensoh Copyright 1998
    210 Pages
    by Routledge

    214 Pages
    by Routledge

    Undergirded by a multidisciplinary framework of political science, geography, and sociology, this book examines hte manner in which neighborhood economic resources and family structure shape individual political behavior among white and black citizens in urban America.

    Acknowledgements * Foreword by Richard D. Bingham * 1. Introduction * 2. Toward a Theory of Urban Political Behavior * 3. The Site of the Study * 4. Ghetto Specific Behaviors in Black and White * 5. Neighborhood Poverty and Social Isolation in Inner-City America * 6. Neighborhood Poverty and Political Participation * 7. Does Family Context Matter? * 8. The Impact of Neighborhoods, Families, and Social Isolation on Political Behavior * 9.National Urban Policy and Political Behavior in Inner-City Communities * Appendices * References * Index

    Biography

    Alex-Assensoh, Yvette