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2020 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

1. Introduction

Author : Brigitte Zamzow

Published in: Housing Policy and Vulnerable Families in The Inner City

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

This introductory chapter highlights New York City’s social democratic character in terms of political participation. The significance of public housing as a home to live for vulnerable communities of color is identified.

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Footnotes
1
I refer here to the Occupy Wall Street Slogan “We are the 99%!”.
 
2
The data is part of my Ph.D research and therefore to be seen under this project: [1] https://​www.​researchgate.​net/​project/​Changing-New-York-A-Community-Transforming-An-Ethnography-of-a-Public-Housing-Estate-undergoing-private-infill last accessed 01/15/2020.
 
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Metadata
Title
Introduction
Author
Brigitte Zamzow
Copyright Year
2020
Book
Housing Policy and Vulnerable Families in The Inner City

Print ISBN: 978-3-030-42848-8

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-42849-5

Copyright Year: 2020

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42849-5_1