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SEGREGATION BY DESIGN | Jessica Trounstine
Joining here to help us understand why we are where we are is Dr. Jessica Trounstine, Professor of Political Science at Vanderbilt University. Professor Trounstine studies the process and quality of representation in American democracy, focusing on how formal and informal local political institutions generate inequalities. She has served as a consultant for the U.S. Department of Justice, city governments, and various community organizations; and serves on numerous editorial and foundation boards.
Listen in as we discuss her most recent award-winning book, Segregation by Design: Local Politics and Inequality in American Cities.
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CHANGING AMERICAN NEIGHBORHOOD | Alan Mallach
Urbanist, author, and scholar Alan Mallach joins us here to talk about neighborhood change. Alan is a senior fellow with the Center for Community Progress in Washington D.C and has worked with, among others, the Brookings Institution, the Federal Reserve, and Rutgers University. He is a leading voice in how poverty and prosperity are connected to the places in which we live.
Listen in as we discuss his most recent book, The Changing American Neighborhood, which explores the role of neighborhoods in American society and the challenges they face today.
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THE INJUSTICE OF PLACE | Kathryn J. Edin
We need a renewal of our thinking about what we call poverty. If we want to understand disadvantage better and therefore be better suited to create real solutions, we need to put the center on places, instead of on people.
Joining us to help reframe our thinking, is Dr. Kathryn J. Edin, professor of sociology and public affairs at Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs. She specializes in the study of people living on welfare. Her reporting has been cited as essential material for understanding the lived experience of poverty in America. Recently Dr. Edin and her team were contacted by RWJF to research poverty from the lens of place. The result of that work is the book we are talking about, The Injustice of Place.