Examining the 1990's rise of a new black ghetto in rust belt America, 'the global ghetto', this book investigates how race and political economy dynamically connect in cities ('racial economy') to deepen deprivation.

Part I: Glocal Black Ghetto Emergence1. Introduction.The Frame.An Uneasy Global Trope.Perspective and Definitions2. Rise of Glocal Ghetto.The Beginning.Things Get Worse, 1965–1980.The Reagan 1980s.The Post 1990 Global Obsession.Formation of the Global Ghetto3. The Global Trope.Introduction.The New Spaceless Entrepreneur.Problem Inner Cities.New Heroic Mayors As Salvationists.The ResultPart II: Current Ghetto Dynamics4. Glocal Ghetto Changes.Introduction.Deepened Deprivation.The New Stigma and Marginalization.The New Ambiguous Ghetto-Prison Connection5. The Current Federal Role – Bush Policy Effects.Introduction.Bush Urban Policy.Faith-Based Interventions.Changed Workfare.No Child Left Behind.The Future Federal Role – Block GrantsPart III: The Active Black Ghetto6. Ghetto Responses.Introduction.Resistance to the Glocal Ghetto.The Outcome7. The Crisis of the Black Ghetto.Introduction.A New Uneven Development