Traditional explanations of metropolitan development and urban racial segregation have emphasized the role of consumer demand and market dynamics. In the first

Examines how the real estate industry and federal housing policy facilitate the development of racial residential segregation.

Examines the extent to which race affected public policy formation in Buffalo, New York between 1934 and 1997.

Desegregating the City takes a global, multidisciplinary look at segregation and the strengths and weaknesses of different antisegregation strategies in the Uni

Considers the problems of sovereignty through the work of Rousseau, Arendt, Foucault, Agamben, and Derrida.