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660 Annals Am. Acad. Pol. & Soc. Sci. 8 (2015)

handle is hein.cow/anamacp0660 and id is 1 raw text is: Residential Inequality: Orientation and Overview By BARRETT A. LEE, STEPHEN A. MATTHEWS, JOHN ICELAND, and GLENN FIREBAUGH Keywords: residential inequality; spatial sorting; life chances; race/ethnicity; income W here people live reflects and affects their position in society. This tenet is implicit in the American Dream, which promises access to desirable homes, neighborhoods, and com- munities for those willing to work hard enough. As recent events remind us, however, effort alone does not guarantee fulfillment of the dream. Natural disaster, recession, mortgage foreclosure, and escalating (and plummeting) housing prices are among the forces that have already thwarted residential aspirations in the United States during the new century. The difficulty that many immigrants to the nation face in achieving their housing and neighbor- hood goals is another current concern. Over a longer period, the discriminatory practices of real estate agents and lenders, preferences for neighbors similar to oneself, marked income inequality, and government policies and pro- grams have perpetuated spatial divides by race and class. This volume is motivated by the post-2000 interplay of these forces, which suggests that the multifaceted relationship between social Barrett A. Lee is a professor of sociology and demography at The Pennsylvania State University. He studies com- munity diversity, racial segregation, neighborhood change, residential mobility and displacement, and urban homelessness. A general inte rest in spatial manifestations of social inequality runs throughout his research. Stephen A. Matthews is a professor of sociology, anthropology, and demography and director of the Graduate Program in Demography at The Pennsylvania State University. He has published in the leading jour- nals in demography, sociology, public health, and geog- raphy on topics such as residential segregation, neighborhood change, access to Iealtlh care, and food environments. DOI: 10.1177/0002716215579832 ANNALS, AAPSS, 660, July 2015 fl

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