Bursting Whose Bubble? The Racial Nexus Between Social Disaster, Housing Wealth, and Public Policy

Social Justice Research

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 318-338

  Henricks, Kasey ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Housing wealth; Public policy; Social disaster; Structural racism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941317886     PISSN: 08857466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11211-015-0244-8     Document Type: Article

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