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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Bartram, Robin
Titre(s) : Stacked decks [Texte imprimé] : building inspectors and the reproduction of urban inequality / Robin Bartram
Publication : Chicago (Ill.) : the University of Chicago press, 2022
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (viii-232 p.) : ill. ; 23 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-223) and index
"Sociologist Robin Bartram here uses both ethnography and statistical analysis to
show how the actions of individuals affect--or attempt to affect--housing inequality.
And the individuals at the heart of this book are Chicago's building inspectors. Though
we rarely see them at work, building inspectors have the power to significantly shape
our lives through their discretionary decisions. Using a mixed-methods analysis of
the building inspectors who respond to complaints about housing conditions in Chicago,
Bartram both calls attention to the importance of these frontline workers and the
power of their agency as she reveals surprising patterns in the judgment calls inspectors
make when deciding whom to cite for building code violations. The inspectors (mostly
men, mostly white) recognize that they work within an uneven housing landscape, one
that systematically disadvantages poor people and people of color through redlining,
property taxes, and city spending that favor wealthy neighborhoods. Though they often
act out of a desire to bring justice to the uneven playing field by penalizing those
perceived as advantaged, these stabs at justice do little to change a housing system
that works against those with the fewest resources"
Sujet(s) : Construction -- Inspection -- Société -- Chicago (Ill., États-Unis)
Discrimination dans le logement -- Chicago (Ill., États-Unis)
Société urbaine -- Chicago (Ill., États-Unis)
Indice(s) Dewey :
363.509 73 (23e éd.) = Logement - États-Unis
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780226821146. - ISBN 0226821145
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb47116911d
Notice n° :
FRBNF47116911
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Introduction ; Stacked decks ; Building inspections ; Rentals and relative assessments
; Helping out homeowners : changing faces and stubborn realities ; Justice blockers
; Reshuffling the deck
