An inquiry into the economics and ethics of residential integration

BJ Ethics;H Social Sciences (General)

Brown, Kevin J. ; Clague, Julie

University:University of Glasgow

Department:School of Critical Studies

关键词: Residential Integration, Segregation, Economics, Ethics, Rawls, Social Integration;   

Others  :  http://theses.gla.ac.uk/3138/1/2011BrownPhD.pdf

来源: University of Glasgow

【 摘 要 】

This thesis is an inquiry into the economics and ethics of residential integration.Efforts to integrate otherwise segregated black and white households in the United States over the last 40 years has been met with legitimate skepticism.Primarily, there is an absence of evidence as it relates to whether neighborhoods cause disadvantage (neighborhood effects) in addition to a lack of evidence related to whether “mixing” actually produces adequate social benefits for those being moved or for society as a whole.I intend to move the conversation forward by presenting two additional considerations.First, in the economic paradigm, it is useful to explore the issue of segregation through what has been described as adverse impacts occurring in the wake of a market failure (“subprime financial crisis”).Second, there are ethical considerations relevant to the integration discussion that offer new norms by which to engage and advance our approach to residential integration and endeavors to mix.This thesis makes a contribution to knowledge by explicating these two points and ultimately providing a more morally capacious evaluative framework by which to appraise this complex social issue.