Urban America : policy choices for Los Angeles and the nation

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    • Steinberg, James B.
    • Lyon, David W.
    • Vaiana, Mary E.

書誌事項

Urban America : policy choices for Los Angeles and the nation

edited by James B. Steinberg, David W. Lyon, and Mary E. Vaiana

Rand, 1992

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"MR-100-RC"

Includes bibliographical references

内容説明・目次

内容説明

The Los Angeles civil disturbances of 1992 brought America's long-term urban problems into new focus and raised concerns about the effectiveness of government solutions. This report attempts to provide answers in a series of essays on four general areas of urban problems: inner city; children, youth and families; crime and criminal justice; and public services and social welfare. Each essay defines the nature of the problem, describes and evaluates remedies tried in the past, and evaluates current policy ideas in terms of risks and benefits. The editors note that many serious urban problems lie outside local government's control, but federal decisionmakers have not been attentive to the effect of their policies at the local level. They suggest that, given the complexity of these problems, decisionmakers must be willing to implement policies that may benefit only a part of the target population. In addition, policymakers and the public need to have realistic expectations about what government can achieve, and must recognize that policy will have a limited effect at best if it tries to swim against broad social and economic currents.

目次

Public policy and the inner city across three decades / Robert A. Levine and Barbara R. Williams -- The widening income and wage gap between rich and poo trends, causes, and policy options / Lynn A. Karoly -- Families, children, poverty, policy / Julie DaVanzo -- Helping urban teenagers avoid high-risk behavior : what we've learned from prevention research / Phyllis L. Ellickso -- Urban education / Paul T. Hill -- Crime and punishment in California : fu cells, empty pockets, and questionable benefits / Joan Petersilia -- Reformi California's approach to delinquent and high-risk youth / Peter W. Greenwood Street drug markets in inner-city neighborhoods : matching policy to reality Peter H. Reuter and Robert J. MacCoun -- Financing public services in Los Angeles / Preston Niblack and Peter J.E. Stan -- Needed : a federal role in helping communities cope with immigration / Georges Vernez -- Providing heal care for the uninsured and underinsured in Los Angeles County / Robert E. Tranquada and Peter A. Glassman -- Getting nowhere : homeless people, aimles policy / Paul Koegel and Audrey Burnam.

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