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Contents Preface and Acknowledgments ix chaPter 1. Majoritarian Cities 1 chaPter 2. Patterns of Inequality, Public Attitudes, and the Cases 40 chaPter 3. When Political Support Is Not Enough to Reform Urban Schools 69 chaPter 4. Focusing Events and the Limits of Law Enforcement Reform 101 chaPter 5. “The Number One Issue”? The Struggle for Affordable Housing 131 chaPter 6. The Popularity of Gambling Meets the Need for Economic Development 162 chaPter 7. Democratic Control in an Impoverished, Segregated Urban School District 188 chaPter 8. Politics, Policy, and Inequality in Urban and Metropolitan America 212 Notes 237 References 241 Index 263 ...

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