Rising Tide, Sinking Boats: The Consequences of Economic Restructuring and Racial Segregation for Connecticut's Inner City Poor

Author: Daniel A. Sandoval

Dissertation School: Cornell University

Abstract:

The current economic expansion improved the economic conditions of many Americans. While there is evidence that minorities are sharing more equitably in the benefits of this expansion, many of America's inner cities, where minorities are concentrated, still suffer economically and socially from the deindustrialization of the previous decades. In light of this, the purpose of this dissertation is to answer the following questions:

• Why does poverty remain an intractable feature of American urban life?
• How have the opportunities of the inner city poor been affected by macro level trends and personal experience?
• How can social policy help rebuild the inner city?

With the decline in government entitlement programs and the increasing vulnerability of the national economy, answers to these questions are both vital and urgent and fit distinctly with the mission of HUD.

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