Category: Urban Policy

By David Imbroscio Much of American urban policy focuses on the limited nature of economic opportunities for disadvantaged populations, something that impedes upward social mobility. In essence, while it often goes unacknowledged (or even recognized), it is the powerful principle of meritocracy that is violated by these blocked opportunities and barriers to social mobility; that… Continue reading Toward a Community Paradigm for Socioeconomic Attainment