Join us: “The Politics of Spatial Inequality in Metropolitan America”- March 15 #LSEUSineq https://www.facebook.com/events/862259810562553/ … pic.twitter.com/9swZ0ZCOJM
'The Politics of Spatial Inequality in America' #LSEUSINEQ https://www.facebook.com/events/862259810562553/ … pic.twitter.com/6v0f5p6mwP- We're kicking off our lecture with Prof Margaret Weir: “The Politics of Spatial Inequality in Metropolitan America” #LSEUSINEQ
- This lecture was part of the US Centre's America in Global Perspective Series sponsored by the US Embassy.
- Centre Director, Professor Peter Trubowitz introduced the speaker.
- Margaret Weir begins her lecture by saying, ‘Take Trump out of your mind’ #LSEUSINEQ
- "take #Trump out of your mind!" Margaret Weir. A good start for tonight lecture #LSEUSINEQ
Margaret Weir discussing 'the political adandoment of place' #LSEUSINEQ pic.twitter.com/OPkVvoHMuj- “Our national policy focuses on individuals and assumes mobility. It is not a place conscious policy.” #LSEUSINEQ
- “What is the new metropolis and how does it work to separate people by race and income?” #LSEUSINEQ
- Looking at Atlanta, Chicago, Houston to get a variety of spatial data - contrasting governance arrangements #LSEUSINEQ
- Federal urban policy can be characterized as compensatory and containment. It left metro-areas divided by income and race. #LSEUSINEQ
- Professor Weir discussed the delegation of the American state and how responsibilities of the federal government is now delegated to the state.
- Transition to ‘hands off federal policy’- “Money was sent to states, and then assumed that programs would appear somehow.” #LSEUSINEQ
Professor Margaret Weir argues, Mayors after the New Deal became 'place-selling' entrepreneurs. @LSE_US #LSEUSineq pic.twitter.com/mfZMAoZJ1C- Ad hoc array of nonprofit organizations have largely replaced city links to fed govt #LSEUSINEQ
- “Local governments doesn’t spend a lot of money on poor people. Instead they provide services that can improve people’s lives.” #LSEUSINEQ
- Weir outlined her typology model on the dynamics of 'The New Metropolis'
Making sense of New Metropolis, typology focused on organizational/political/fiscal endowments #LSEUSINEQ pic.twitter.com/aBBmmRfLRf- “Can public services help low income people? Or has it all been sent towards gentrification?” #LSEUSINEQ
- Prof. Margaret Weir: New York has a very diverse set of income, think billionaires on one end & millionaires on the other. #LSEUSIneq
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