Moving to Opportunity: The Story of an American Experiment to Fight Ghetto Poverty
- ISBN-10
- 0195393716
- ISBN-13
- 9780195393712
- Category
- Political Science
- Pages
- 305
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010-03-31
- Publisher
- OUP USA
- Authors
- Xavier de Souza Briggs, Susan J. Popkin, John Goering
Description
Moving to Opportunity provides a unique account of one of the largest housing experiments in history and its effects on lives of the children and families who participated. As the authors make clear, MTO is a uniquely American experiment, and this book brings home its lessons for advocates, scholars, students, journalists, and all who share a deep concern for opportunity and inequality in a changing nation.
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