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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

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