Subprime Cities

The Political Economy of Mortgage Markets

• Author(s): Manuel B. Aalbers,
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Pages: 368
• ISBN_10: 1444337777
  ISBN_13: 9781444337778
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Political Science / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development , Political Science / General , Political Science / Political Economy ,

Description:...

Subprime Cities: The Political Economy of Mortgage Markets presents a collection of works from social scientists that offer insights into mortgage markets and the causes, effects, and aftermath of the recent 'subprime' mortgage crisis.

• Provides an even-handed and detailed analysis of mortgage markets and the recent housing crisis
• Features contributions from various social scientists with expertise in critical social theories who have assembled and analyzed detailed empirical information
• Offers a unique and powerful rebuttal to many of the misleading popular explanations of the crisis and its aftermath
• Reveals how racial minorities and the neighbourhoods inhabited by them are more likely to be targeted by subprime and predatory lenders