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Subprime Cities
Contributor(s): Aalbers, Manuel B. (Editor)
ISBN: 1444337777     ISBN-13: 9781444337778
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
OUR PRICE:   $40.38  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: April 2012
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BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Political Economy
- Business & Economics | Real Estate - Mortgages
- Business & Economics | Economic Conditions
Dewey: 332.72
LCCN: 2011036441
Series: Studies in Urban and Social Change
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (1.01 lbs) 368 pages
 
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Subprime Cities: The Political Economy of Mortgage Markets presents a collection of works from social scientists that offer insights into mortgage markets and the causes, effects, and aftermath of the recent 'subprime' mortgage crisis.
  • Provides an even-handed and detailed analysis of mortgage markets and the recent housing crisis
  • Features contributions from various social scientists with expertise in critical social theories who have assembled and analyzed detailed empirical information
  • Offers a unique and powerful rebuttal to many of the misleading popular explanations of the crisis and its aftermath
  • Reveals how racial minorities and the neighbourhoods inhabited by them are more likely to be targeted by subprime and predatory lenders