Subprime Cities: The Political Economy of Mortgage Markets (Studies in Urban and Social Change)

by Manuel B . Aalbers (Editor)

• New

  Hardcover
  2012

  $76.05

  Subprime Cities: The Political Economy of Mortgage Markets presents a collection of works from social scientists that offer insights into mortgage markets and the causes, effects, and aftermath of the recent 'subprime' mortgage crisis. * Provides an even-handed and detailed analysis of mortgage markets and the recent housing crisis * Features contributions from various social scientists with expertise in critical social theories who have assembled and analyzed detailed empirical information * Offers a unique and powerful rebuttal to many of the misleading popular explanations of the crisis and its aftermath * Reveals how racial minorities and the neighbourhoods inhabited by them are more likely to be targeted by subprime and predatory lenders

• New

  Paperback
  2012

  $23.60

  Subprime Cities: The Political Economy of Mortgage Markets presents a collection of works from social scientists that offer insights into what is happening in today's mortgage market including the causes, effects, and aftermath of the 'subprime' mortgage crisis.