{"product_id":"structuring-inequality-by-tracy-l-steffes-9780226832265","title":"Structuring Inequality","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow inequality was forged, fought over, and forgotten through public policy in metropolitan Chicago.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs in many American metropolitan areas, inequality in Chicagoland is visible in its neighbourhoods. These inequalities are not inevitable, however. They have been constructed and deepened by public policies around housing, schooling, taxation, and local governance, including hidden state government policies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eStructuring Inequality\u003c\/em\u003e, historian Tracy L. Steffes shows how metropolitan inequality in Chicagoland was structured, contested, and naturalised over time even as reformers tried to change it through school desegregation, affordable housing, and property tax reform. While these efforts had modest successes in the city and the suburbs, reformers faced significant resistance and counter-mobilisation from affluent suburbanites, real estate developers, and other defenders of the status quo who defended inequality and reshaped the policy conversation about it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGrounded in comprehensive archival research and policy analysis, \u003cem\u003eStructuring Inequality\u003c\/em\u003e examines the history of Chicagoland’s established systems of inequality and provides perspective on the inequality we live with today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471642345708,"sku":"9780226832265","price":61.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780226832265-structuring-inequality.jpg?v=1775248493","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/structuring-inequality-by-tracy-l-steffes-9780226832265","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}