Bankrupted Detroit
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4480974 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mathieu Hikaru Desan (0000-0003-0847-7527, University of Michigan, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 121 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 122-130 |
| Publication date | 2014-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Thesis Eleven (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0725-5136 • E-ISSN: 1461-7455 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0725513614526158 |
| OpenAlex | W4254902868 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 3 |
The recent declaration of the largest municipal bankruptcy in US history has propelled Detroit's plight into the international spotlight. Though a victim of the general decline of US manufacturing, drawing on Thomas Sugrue's pioneering work I argue that Detroit's crisis is better understood as a specifically urban crisis. The city's concentrated poverty and desolation and its fiscal straits are not reducible to broader economic trends, nor are they exclusively the product of political mismanagement. Rather, they are the outcome of a long history of economic decentralization and racial segregation, made worse by a politico-administrative arrangement that distributes wealth and services unequally across the metropolitan area. By imposing municipal austerity, Detroit's bankruptcy is unlikely to do much to address these fundamental inequalities. Any plan to revitalize the city must move beyond boosterism and tackle head on the problems of racial and economic segregation that continue to affect Detroit's 700,000 residents
Austerity · Bankruptcy · Debt · Decentralization · Economics · Metropolitan area · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Poverty · Sociology · History · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Law · Urban Planning and Governance · Urbanization and City Planning
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2026 (13) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |