Housing Segregation in Suburban America Since 1960: Presidential and Judicial Politics

This book examines national fair housing policy from 1960 through 2000 in the context of the American presidency and the country's segregated suburban housing market. Arguing that a principal reason for suburban housing segregation lies in Richard Nixon's 1971 fair housing policy, it traces Nixon's housing legacy through each presidential administration from Gerald Ford to Bill Clinton and as detected in the decisions of Nixon's Federal Court appointees.

Author: Charles M. Lamb
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 01/24/2005
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.93lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.72d
ISBN: 9780521548274

About the Author
Lamb, Charles M.: - Charles M. Lamb has been involved in fair housing research for thirty years. He was a fair housing specialist with the US Commission on Civil Rights in Washington from 1975 to 1977. Since 1977, he has taught constitutional law and civil rights at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. Professor Lamb has published widely in professional journals and co-edited four books: Supreme Court Activism and Restraint, Implementation of Civil Rights Policy, Judicial Conflict and Consensus: Behavioral Studies of American Appellate Courts, and The Burger Court: Political and Judicial Profiles. He is a member of the American Political Science Association.