Theories of urban poverty and implications for public housing policy

Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 97-119

  Curley, Alexandra M ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

HOPE VI; Housing policy; Neighborhood effects; Poverty concentration; Sociological theory; Urban poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 20044368493     PISSN: 01915096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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