Main entry:

Henderson, A. Scott.

Title & Author:

Housing & the democratic ideal : the life and thought of Charles Abrams / A. Scott Henderson.

Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, ©2000.

Description:

xi, 347 pages ; 24 cm.

Series:

The Columbia history of urban life

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-331) and index.
Immigration and community in the expanding metropolis -- Law, real estate, and praxis -- From tenement laws to housing authorities: social provision and the New Deal State -- Vision and reality: implementing policy on the local level -- The practitioner as scholar: urban studies and the conflict between "land" and "industry" -- Federal housing policies and the problem of a "Business Welfare State" -- "The walls of Stuvesant town": urban redevelopment and the struggle between public and private power -- The quest for open housing: racial discrimination and the role of the state -- Cold war, the United Nations, and "technical assistance" -- Urban renewal, the "perversion" of social reform, and home ownership for the poor -- "When the grey mist subsides."

Summary:

"Housing and the Democratic Ideal uses Abrams's experiences as a lens through which we can better understand the development of American social policy and state expansion during the twentieth century. In his left-leaning critique of centrist liberalism. Abrams took aim at the use of fiscal and monetary policies to achieve social objectives - a practice that allowed business interests to maximize private profits at the expense of public benefits. His growing concern over racial discrimination prefigured its emergence as a highly contested aspect of the American state."--Jacket.

ISBN:

023111950X (cl ; acid-free paper)
9780231119504 (cl ; acid-free paper)
0231119518 (pbk.)
9780231119511 (pbk.)

Subject:

Abrams, Charles, 1902-1970.
Abrams, Charles.
Housing policy United States History 20th century.
Sociologists United States Biography.
Logement Politique gouvernementale États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Sociologues États-Unis Biographies.
Sociologists Biography
Housing policy
Sociologists
Wohnungsbau
Industriesoziologie
Sozialpolitik
Stadtsanierung
United States
USA

Form/genre:

Biography
Biographies.
Theses.
History

Added entries:

Columbia history of urban life.

Housing and the democratic ideal

Holdings:

Location: Library main 212739
Call No.: HD7293 .H42 2000
Status: Available