Jacqueline Leavitt
Biographic Data
| ID | 3780266 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jacqueline Leavitt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jacqueline |
| FAMILY NAME | Leavitt |
| SIGNATURE | LEAVITT J |
| AFFILIATIONS | West Virginia University Press |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Low Wage Workers and High Housing Costs
Housing policy becomes a labor issue when housing costs consume large portions of hard-won wage increases. The extent and the depth of today's housing crisis make this issue more pressing than at any time since the 1930s when labor's participation was critical to the passage of the U.S. Housing Act. Without the benefit of housing-subsidy programs, low-income people often pay more than half their incomes on housing. In this article, we focus on th…
Where’s the Gender in Community Development
From Urban Village to East Village
Journal Article From Urban Village to East Village: The Battle for New York's Lower East Side. Ed. by Janet L. Abu-Lughod. (Cambridge: Blackwell, 1994. xvi, 386 pp. Cloth, $57.95, ISBN 1-55786-523-X. Paper, $25.95, ISBN 1-55786-525-6.) Get access Jacqueline Leavitt Jacqueline Leavitt University of California Los Angeles, California Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 84, Iss…
Women under Fire
Blackened and twisted metal remains; only the remnants of charred signs reveal that the fire destroyed a check-cashing store, a laundromat, a market. Stripped gas pumps and boarded-up convenience stores are surrounded by chain-link fences. Many lots are entirely cleared of debris; other stores are open for business but with few goods inside. For women who live in South Central Los Angeles, this landscape translates into longer trips and more time…
From Abandonment to Hope
The Gender Gap
A progressive planning identity
The History, Status, and Concerns of Woman Planners
Women under Fire
Blackened and twisted metal remains; only the remnants of charred signs reveal that the fire destroyed a check-cashing store, a laundromat, a market. Stripped gas pumps and boarded-up convenience stores are surrounded by chain-link fences. Many lots are entirely cleared of debris; other stores are open for business but with few goods inside. For women who live in South Central Los Angeles, this landscape translates into longer trips and more time…
Low Wage Workers and High Housing Costs
Housing policy becomes a labor issue when housing costs consume large portions of hard-won wage increases. The extent and the depth of today's housing crisis make this issue more pressing than at any time since the 1930s when labor's participation was critical to the passage of the U.S. Housing Act. Without the benefit of housing-subsidy programs, low-income people often pay more than half their incomes on housing. In this article, we focus on th…
The History, Status, and Concerns of Woman Planners
The History, Status, and Concerns of Woman Planners
A progressive planning identity
The Gender Gap
From Abandonment to Hope
Women under Fire
Blackened and twisted metal remains; only the remnants of charred signs reveal that the fire destroyed a check-cashing store, a laundromat, a market. Stripped gas pumps and boarded-up convenience stores are surrounded by chain-link fences. Many lots are entirely cleared of debris; other stores are open for business but with few goods inside. For women who live in South Central Los Angeles, this landscape translates into longer trips and more time…
From Urban Village to East Village
Journal Article From Urban Village to East Village: The Battle for New York's Lower East Side. Ed. by Janet L. Abu-Lughod. (Cambridge: Blackwell, 1994. xvi, 386 pp. Cloth, $57.95, ISBN 1-55786-523-X. Paper, $25.95, ISBN 1-55786-525-6.) Get access Jacqueline Leavitt Jacqueline Leavitt University of California Los Angeles, California Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 84, Iss…
Where’s the Gender in Community Development
Low Wage Workers and High Housing Costs
Housing policy becomes a labor issue when housing costs consume large portions of hard-won wage increases. The extent and the depth of today's housing crisis make this issue more pressing than at any time since the 1930s when labor's participation was critical to the passage of the U.S. Housing Act. Without the benefit of housing-subsidy programs, low-income people often pay more than half their incomes on housing. In this article, we focus on th…
Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Geography (3 works) · Library science (3 works) · Rural development and sustainability (3 works) · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · History (2 works) · Urban Planning and Governance (2 works)