Description: Stacked Decks : Building Inspectors and the Reproduction of Urban Inequality, Hardcover by Bartram, Robin, ISBN 022681906X, ISBN-13 9780226819068, Brand New, Free shipping in the US A startling look at the power and perspectives of city building inspectors as they navigate unequal housing landscapes. Though we rarely see them at work, building inspectors have the power to significantly shape our lives through their discretionary decisions. The building inspectors of Chicago are at the heart of sociologist Robin Bartram’s analysis of how individuals impact—or attempt to impact—housing inequality. In Stacked Decks, she reveals surprising patterns in the judgment calls inspectors make when deciding whom to cite for building code violations. These predominantly white, male inspectors largely recognize that they work within an unequal housing landscape that systematically disadvantages poor people and people of color through redlining, property taxes, and city spending that favor wealthy neighborhoods. Stacked Decks illustrates the uphill battle inspectors face when trying to change a housing system that works against those with the fewest resources.
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Book Title: Stacked Decks : Building Inspectors and the Reproduction of Urban
Number of Pages: 224 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Stacked Decks : Building Inspectors and the Reproduction of Urban Inequality
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Subject: Housing & Urban Development, Economics / General, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi), Sociology / Urban
Publication Year: 2022
Item Height: 0.5 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 14.1 Oz
Author: Robin Bartram
Item Length: 9 in
Subject Area: Law, Social Science, Business & Economics, History
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Hardcover
