The Fall of the Industrial City: The Reagan Legacy for Urban Policy

Authors

David Stoesz, San Diego State University

Abstract

The Reagan presidency reversed a half-century of federal aid to cities. Poor minority comnnunities were particularly hard-hit, since this was accompanied by a white flight to the suburbs and the replacement of better paying industrial jobs requiring little education with poorer paying service jobs requiring iore education. Meanwhile wealthy communities prospered. To address urgent social problems, urban politicians are advocating strategies such as industrial policy, public entrepreneurship, and guerrilla welfare.

Recommended Citation

Stoesz, David (1992) "The Fall of the Industrial City: The Reagan Legacy for Urban Policy," The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare: Vol. 19: Iss. 1, Article 9.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15453/0191-5096.2014
Available at: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/jssw/vol19/iss1/9