Try searching on jstor for other items related to this book. Briggs is the former vice president of the ford foundation, a visiting professor at new york university, and expert on public policy and inclusive economic growth. This includes data values and the controlled vocabularies that house them. Read the fulltext online edition of moving to opportunity. His books include the geography of opportunity brookings, 2005, which won the best book award in planning, democracy as problem solving. A popular version of history trumpets the united states as a diverse nation of immigrants. Established in 1962, the mit press is one of the largest and most distinguished university presses in the world and a leading publisher of books and journals at the intersection of science, technology, art, social science, and design. This timely book shows how unequal housing choices and sprawling development create an unequal geography of opportunity. Xavs books include the geography of opportunity brookings, 2005, democracy as problem solving.
Briggs has a national reputation for his work on social capital and the geography of opportunity a policy and research field concerned with the consequences of segregation by race and income and. America brookings, 2005, which won plannings top book award, as well as. Theory and methodology with applications to bolivia, brazil, cuba, and south africa that took place in brasilia from january 11th to th. Browse the amazon editors picks for the best books of 2019, featuring our. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the geography of opportunity. This timely book shows how unequal housing choices and sprawling development. Launched in 1994, the mto program took a largely untested approach. He leads the foundations work promoting economic fairness, advancing.
Polenske, amy glasmeier, anne whiston spirn archive. He has influenced housing and urban policy in the united states, contributing to the concept of the geography of opportunity, which examines the consequences of housing segregation, by race or economic status, for the wellbeing and life prospects of children and families. The story of an american experiment to fight ghetto poverty. He will go on public service leave from mit and start at ford effective january 1. A sociologist by training, his awardwinning research focuses on leadership and democratic institutions, inequality, and racial and ethnic diversity in cities. The book argued that significant responses to segregation remain rare and suspect in american politics and culture, also that these responses. Race and housing choice in metropolitan america james a.
Based upon 5 years of unique, new research using multiple methods to assess the effects of a major housing mobility experiment. He has worked as a community planner and senior urban policy official. The linked data service provides access to commonly found standards and vocabularies promulgated by the library of congress. Mar 03, 2010 moving to opportunity tackles one of americas most enduring dilemmas. Distinguished visiting professor of business, public service and sociology, new york university. Moving to opportunity examines and evaluates the housing initiative by the same name hereafter mto begun by the u.
In an era of sharp debate over the conditions under which democracy can develop while broadening participation and building community, briggs argues that understanding and building civic capacity is crucial for strengthening governance and changing the state of the world in the process. In an era of sharp debate over the conditions under which democracy can develop while broadening participation and building community, briggs argues that understanding and building civic capacity is crucial for strengthening governance. A sociologist by training, his awardwinning research focuses on leadership and democratic institutions, inequality, and racial. Poverty and inequality housing economic opportunity democracy raceethnicity and pluralism.
The story of an american experiment to fight ghetto poverty 2010. He is vice president for economic opportunity and assets at the ford foundation and a faculty member on leave at the department of urban studies. Popkin, and john goering based upon 5 years of unique, new research using multiple methods to assess the effects of a major housing mobility experiment uniquely combines indepth surveys plus mapping and ethnographic research to look deeply into the lives of poor families who engaged with mto. These patterns have been called out explicitly at least since lawyer and planning professor charles abramss book, forbidden neighbors. Based upon 5 years of unique, new research using multiple methods to assess. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. This book examines the cases of implementation failure of the indonesian anticorruption law 1971 of the authoritarian new order regime, and. Briggs will oversee all of the programs global grant making and serve as an officer of the board of trustees. Mit scholars new book scrutinizes the successes and failures of a unique government experiment meant to help americas urban poor.
He leads the foundations work promoting economic fairness, advancing sustainable development, and building just and inclusive cities in the united states, latin america, africa, asia and. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international. Moving to opportunity tackles one of americas most enduring dilemmas. During 200911, xav served as associate director of the office of management and budget in the obama white house. Datasets available include lcsh, bibframe, lc name authorities, lc classification, marc codes, premis vocabularies, iso language codes, and more. Vice president, inclusive economies and markets, ford foundation.
He leads the foundations work promoting economic fairness, advancing sustainable development, and building just and inclusive cities in the united states, latin america, africa, asia and the middle east. First, most of the book isnt about a neighborhood project but rather about wilsons larger intellectual agenda. His books include the geography of opportunity 2005, democracy as. May 16, 2012 boston, may 1, 2012, simmons college crittenton womens unions soldout inaugural economic mobility conference, disrupting the poverty cycle. Equity and social mobility conference the drclas and the undp international poverty centre ipc organized a conference on equity and social mobility. Civic capacity in communities across the globe mit. Struggling to stay out of highpoverty neighborhoods. As vice president for over five years, he oversaw the foundations inclusive economies and markets work, globally, along with its regional program teams based in china, india, and indonesia. Xavs books include the geography of opportunity brookings, 2005, democracy as.
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