{"product_id":"broke-hardship-and-resilience-in-a-city-of-broken-promises","title":"Broke: Hardship and Resilience in a City of Broken Promises","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eBroke: Hardship and Resilience in a City of Broken Promises\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJodie Adams Kirshner\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781250220639\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eSt. Martin's Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2019\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e368\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Essential...in showcasing people who are persistent, clever, flawed, loving, struggling and full of contradictions, \u003ci\u003eBroke\u003c\/i\u003e affirms why it's worth solving the hardest problems in our most challenging cities in the first place. \" --\u003cb\u003eAnna Clark, \u003ci\u003e The New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Through in-depth reporting of structural inequality as it affects real people in Detroit, Jodie Adams Kirshner's \u003ci\u003eBroke\u003c\/i\u003e examines one side of the economic divide in America\" --\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"What \u003ci\u003eBroke\u003c\/i\u003e really tells us is how systems of government, law and finance can crush even the hardiest of boot-strap pullers.\" --\u003cb\u003eBrian Alexander, author of\u003ci\u003e Glass House\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA galvanizing, narrative account of a city's bankruptcy and its aftermath told through \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ethe lives of seven valiantly struggling Detroiters\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBankruptcy and the austerity it represents have become a common \"solution\" for struggling American cities. What do the spending cuts and limited resources do to the lives of city residents? In \u003ci\u003eBroke, \u003c\/i\u003e Jodie Adams Kirshner follows seven Detroiters as they navigate life during and after their city's bankruptcy. Reggie loses his savings trying to make a habitable home for his family. Cindy fights drug use, prostitution, and dumping on her block. Lola commutes two hours a day to her suburban job. For them, financial issues are mired within the larger ramifications of poor urban policies, restorative negligence on the state and federal level and--even before the decision to declare Detroit bankrupt in 2013--the root causes of a city's fiscal demise. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Like Matthew Desmond's\u003ci\u003e Evicted\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBroke\u003c\/i\u003e looks at what municipal distress means, not just on paper but in practical--and personal--terms. More than 40 percent of Detroit's 700,000 residents fall below the poverty line. Post-bankruptcy, they struggle with a broken real estate market, school system, and job market--and their lives have not improved. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Detroit is emblematic. Kirshner makes a powerful argument that cities--the economic engine of America--are never quite given the aid that they need by either the state or federal government for their residents to survive, not to mention flourish. Success for all America's citizens depends on equity of opportunity.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Broke: Hardship and Resilience in a City of Broken Promises | Jodie Adams Kirshner | Hardcover | 9781250220639 | Used: Very Good | Sociology 1724346 (temp: 25)","offer_id":48927903187096,"sku":"1724346","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81AloKWQuGL.jpg?v=1777058337","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/broke-hardship-and-resilience-in-a-city-of-broken-promises","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}