Aalbers, Manuel B.
Subprime Cities: The Political Economy of Mortgage Markets
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
Keywords: Urban Politics, financial crisis, housing bubble, banking crisis, lenders, subprime mortgages, urban development
- Author(s)
- Aalbers, Manuel B.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
- Publication year
- 2012
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Series
- Studies in Urban and Social Change
- Page amount
- 280 pages
- Category
- Upbringing, Education
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (ePUB)
- 9781444347432
- Printed ISBN
- 9781444337761