Indirect Attack A Housing Freeze Kills Civil Rights Efforts

• Published in: Knocking on the Door p. 121
• Main Author: Christopher Bonastia
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Princeton University Press 16.11.2010
• Subjects: Behavioral sciences; Blame; Civil rights; Civil rights movements; Concept of mind; Desegregation; Education; Educational resources; Educational services; Executive branch; Federal government structure; Government; Government services; Housing; Housing discrimination; Housing programs; Human geography; Human rights movements; Human societies; Judgment; Law; Legal rights; Metaphysics; Moral judgment; National government; Opportunity equality; Philosophy; Philosophy of mind; Political science; Psychology; Public administration; Public policy; School busing; Social attitudes; Social discrimination; Social equality; Social movements; Social policy; Social psychology; Social sciences; Social services; Sociology; Subsidized housing
• ISBN: 9780691119342; 069113619X; 0691119341; 9780691136196
• DOI: 10.1515/9781400827251.121

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