The United States foreign-born population has quadrupled since the 1960s. In 2021, one in seven US households were headed by a foreign-born resident. Around half of these…
Sharon Cornelissen, Christine Jang-Trettien
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April 25, 2023
In recent years, gentrification has captured the imagination of sociologists and the public alike, dominating conversations about the transformation of cities from New York…
Sharon Cornelissen, Daniel McCue, Raheem Hanifa
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January 5, 2023
Persistent racial and ethnic gaps in homeownership rates have recently led policy makers to create a range of programs and initiatives to expand and maintain Black…
Drawing on three years of fieldwork, this article explains the emergence and persistence of two conflicting styles of street life in Brightmoor, a depopulated, majority Black…
Most research on right‐wing populism has tried to explain the rise of populist movements and parties. While some have studied how neighborhood contexts and histories shape…
Kristin Perkins, Shannon Rieger, Jonathan Spader, Chris Herbert
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October 21, 2019
Previous studies of the financial constraints for homeownership attainment have found that cash grants to cover down payment and closing costs can fairly substantially…
Research on family instability typically measures changes in coresident parents, but children also experience changes among other household members. The likelihood of…
Residential mobility is a common experience among Americans, especially children. Most previous research finds residential mobility has negative effects on children's…
This article proposes a rethinking of Bourdieu’s habitus as context-specific, multiple, and decentralized based on nine months of participant-observation fieldwork with…
Kristin Perkins, Michael Lear, Elyzabeth Gaumer
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May 27, 2016
Recent research suggests that foreclosures have negative effects on homeowners and neighborhoods. We examine the association between concentrated foreclosure activity and the…