Urban America: opposing viewpoints
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The authors in this volume address issues such as poverty, crime and transportation.
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Egendorf, L. K. (2005). Urban America: opposing viewpoints. Farmington Hills, MI, Greenhaven Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Egendorf, Laura K., 1973-. 2005. Urban America: Opposing Viewpoints. Farmington Hills, MI, Greenhaven Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Egendorf, Laura K., 1973-, Urban America: Opposing Viewpoints. Farmington Hills, MI, Greenhaven Press, 2005.
MLA Citation (style guide)Egendorf, Laura K. Urban America: Opposing Viewpoints. Farmington Hills, MI, Greenhaven Press, 2005.
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505 | 0 | |a What problems is urban America facing? Urban poverty is a serious problem / Charles C. Euchner, Stephen J. McGovern -- Urban poverty is declining / G. Thomas Kingsley, Kathryn L.S. Pettit -- Urban crime is a serious problem / Kevin Early -- Urban crime is decreasing / George L. Kelling, Ronald Corbett -- Condition of America's inner cities is improving / Neal Peirce -- Urban poor suffer from serious health problems / David Hilfiker -- American cities are experiencing financial problems / Max B. Sawicky -- What government programs would improve urban America? Public housing programs can improve urban America / Margery Austin Turner et al. -- Public housing programs will not improve urban America / Paul A. Cleveland, R. Chris Frohock -- Living wages will benefit urban workers / Jared Bernstein, Jeff Chapman -- Living wages will not benefit urban workers / Carl F. Horowitz -- Public transportation programs benefit urban workers / American Public Transportation Association and Public Transportation Partnership for Tomorrow -- Public Transportation programs do not benefit urban workers / Wendell Cox -- How can the lives of urban children be improved? Curfews can be effective in reducing delinquency / Andra J. Bannister, David L. Carter, Joseph Schafer -- Curfews do not reduce crime by urban adolescents / Mike Males -- Vouchers benefit urban students / Paul E Peterson -- Vouchers do not benefit urban students / Barbara Miner -- Retaining quality teachers will improve urban schools / Scott Joftus, Brenda Maddox-Dolan -- After-school programs can improve the lives of urban teenagers / Georgia Hall, Laura Israel, Joyce Shortt -- What is the future of urban America? Smart-growth policies will improve urban areas / John Fregonese, Lynn Peterson -- Smart-growth policies will harm urban areas / Randal O'Toole -- American cities will become more compatible with nature / Rutherford H. Platt -- Cities will become more racially and ethnically diverse / Alan Berube -- Cities will begin to resemble suburbs / Fred Siegel. | |
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