Manufactured Insecurity: Mobile Home Parks and Americansa Tenuous Right to Place
Esther Sullivan
(Author)
Description
Manufactured Insecurity is the first book of its kind to provide an in-depth investigation of the social, legal, geospatial, and market forces that intersect to create housing insecurity for an entire class of low-income residents. Drawing on rich ethnographic data collected before, during, and after mobile home park closures and community-wide evictions in Florida and Texas--the two states with the largest mobile home populations--Manufactured Insecurity forces social scientists and policymakers to respond to a fundamental question: how do the poor access and retain secure housing in the face of widespread poverty, deepening inequality, and scarce legal protection? With important contributions to urban sociology, housing studies, planning, and public policy, the book provides a broader understanding of inequality and social welfare in the United States today.Product Details
Price
$35.94
Publisher
University of California Press
Publish Date
August 07, 2018
Pages
264
Dimensions
6.0 X 8.9 X 0.8 inches | 0.01 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780520295667
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About the Author
Esther Sullivan is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Colorado Denver.