At the Boundaries of Homeownership

Credit, Discrimination, and the American State

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

AvChloe N. Thurston,Illinois) Thurston, Chloe N. (Northwestern University

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In the United States, homeownership is synonymous with economic security and middle-class status. It has played this role in American life for almost a century, and as a result, homeownership's centrality to Americans' economic lives has come to seem natural and inevitable. But this state of affairs did not develop spontaneously or inexorably. On the contrary, it was the product of federal government policies, established during the 1930s and developed over the course of the twentieth century. At the Boundaries of Homeownership traces how the government's role in this became submerged from public view and how several groups who were locked out of homeownership came to recognize and reveal the role of the government. Through organizing and activism, these boundary groups transformed laws and private practices governing determinations of credit-worthiness. This book describes the important policy consequences of their achievements and the implications for how we understand American statebuilding.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2018-05-03
Mått152 x 228 x 15 mm
Vikt400 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor268
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9781108434522

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'At the Boundaries of Homeownership is a major contribution to our understanding not just of America's divided welfare state, but of American politics and political development more broadly. Compellingly written, deeply researched, and clearly organized, Chloe N. Thurston's important new book will appeal to scholars in sociology, history, public policy, and law as well as political science.' Jacob S. Hacker, Stanley B. Resor Professor of Political Science and Director, Institution for Social and Policy Studies, Yale University, Connecticut