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Subprime Cities: The Political Economy of Mortgage Markets
Manuel B. Aalbers
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Description for Subprime Cities: The Political Economy of Mortgage Markets
Hardback. Subprime Cities: The Political Economy of Mortgage Markets presents a collection of works from social scientists that offer insights into what is happening in today's mortgage market including the causes, effects, and aftermath of the 'subprime' mortgage crisis. Editor(s): Aalbers, Manuel B. Series: Studies in Urban and Social Change. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: KCP; KCX; KFFL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 596.
Subprime Cities: The Political Economy of Mortgage Markets presents a collection of works from social scientists that offer insights into mortgage markets and the causes, effects, and aftermath of the recent 'subprime' mortgage crisis.
- Provides an even-handed and detailed analysis of mortgage markets and the recent housing crisis
- Features contributions from various social scientists with expertise in critical social theories who have assembled and analyzed detailed empirical information
- Offers a unique and powerful rebuttal to many of the misleading popular explanations of the crisis and its aftermath
- Reveals how racial minorities and the neighbourhoods inhabited by them are more likely to be targeted ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Urban and Social Change
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781444337761
SKU
V9781444337761
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Ref
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About Manuel B. Aalbers
Manuel B. Aalbers is Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Leuven, Belgium. He is the author of Place, Exclusion and Mortgage Markets (2011) and associate editor of the Encyclopedia of Urban Studies (2010).
Reviews for Subprime Cities: The Political Economy of Mortgage Markets
"Aalbers has edited a commendable volume that makes a strong case for the centrality of urban processes in crisis formation. It has implications for a number of subfields in political science—including urban politics, economic and housing policy processes, race and ethnicity, politics and history, and federalism and intergovernmental relations—and should be read by scholars seeking to pinpoint the urban origins ... Read more