How Diverse Neighborhoods Spur Economic Mobility

Posted by PolicyLink on July 7, 2014

How Diverse Neighborhoods Spur Economic Mobility: An Interview with Patrick Sharkey

Even for the generation of African Americans that came of age after the civil rights era, there has been little progress on economic equality, sociologist Patrick Sharkey writes in his new book, Stuck in Place. Drawing on national data, he shows that inequality persists because disadvantage is concentrated in neighborhoods and passed from generation to generation. Sharkey spoke with America’s Tomorrow about strategies to change this legacy and build prosperous cities for all.

http://www.policylink.org/focus-areas/equitable-economy/three-portraits-of-student-success#How_Diverse_Neighborhoods_Spur_Economic_Mobility__An_Interview_with_Patrick_Sharkey


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