City Power: The Next President Can Help Cities Boost More Workers into the Middle Class
Publisher
firstyear2017.org
Date
2016-9-16
In the early to mid-20th century, American cities were the engines of opportunity and mobility in the industrial United States. Economic growth was synonymous with city growth. By contrast, the second half of the 20th century witnessed the precipitous decline of the industrial city, the rise of the sprawling suburban metropolis, and the racial and economic fracturing of metropolitan regions around the country. The processes of deindustrialization and suburbanization have reinforced the socioeconomic distance between the haves and the have-nots. Opportunity is hugely uneven within and across metropolitan areas and old-line cities still struggle with deeply entrenched poverty.
Citation
Richard C. Schragger, City Power: The Next President Can Help Cities Boost More Workers into the Middle Class, firstyear2017.org (September 16, 2016).