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Broke, hardship and resilience in a city of broken promises, Jodie Adams Kirshner

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Broke, hardship and resilience in a city of broken promises, Jodie Adams Kirshner

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [289]-331) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Broke

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Jodie Adams Kirshner

Sub title

hardship and resilience in a city of broken promises

Summary

Bankruptcy and the austerity it represents have become a common "solution" for struggling American cities. What do the spending cuts and limited resources do to the lives of city residents? In Broke, Jodie Adams Kirshner follows seven Detroiters as they navigate life during and after their city's bankruptcy. For them, financial issues are mired within the larger ramifications of poor urban policies, restorative negligence on the state and federal level and--even before the decision to declare Detroit bankrupt in 2013--the root causes of a city's fiscal demise. Kirshner makes a powerful argument that cities--the economic engine of America--are never quite given the aid that they need by either the state or federal government for their residents to survive, not to mention flourish. Success for all America's citizens depends on equity of opportunity

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