Invoking landscapes of spatialized inequality: Race, class, and place in Philadelphia’s school closure debate

Journal of Urban Affairs

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 358-380

  Good, Ryan M ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CLASS; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; MARGINALIZATION; NEIGHBORHOOD; RACE; RACIAL DISPARITY; STAKEHOLDER;

PENNSYLVANIA; PHILADELPHIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85024495587     PISSN: 07352166     EISSN: 14679906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07352166.2016.1245069     Document Type: Article

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