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Sternlieb, George; Hughes, James W. – 1982
This paper describes the decline and polarization of American cities into two separate and coterminous systems: the city of the poor, characterized by the function of redistribution (i.e., public welfare benefits); and the city of the elite, a city of information processing, economic facilitation, and consumption. Demographic trends and social and…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Employment Opportunities, Financial Problems, Futures (of Society)
