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2007 Choice Outstanding Academic Titlesociologists Have Too Often Discounted The Role Of Space In Inequality. This Book Showcases A Recent Generation Of Inquiry That Attends To Poverty, Prosperity, And Power Across A Range Of Territories And Their Populations Within The United States, Addressing Spatial Inequality As A Thematically Distinct Body Of Work That Spans Sociological Research Traditions. The Contributors' Various Perspectives Offer An Agenda For Future Action To Bridge Sociology's Diverse And Often Narrowly Focused Spatial And Inequality Traditions. Intro -- The Sociology Of Spatial Inequality -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: Advancing The Sociology Of Spatial Inequality -- Part I. Extending The Sociological Imagination Across Space:conceptual And Methodological Issues -- 2. Advancing The Sociology Of Spatial Inequality: Spaces, Places, And The Subnational Scale -- 3. New And Unexplored Opportunities: Developing A Spatial Perspective For Political Sociology -- 4. Territories Of Inequality: An Essay On The Measurement And Analysis Of Inequality In Grounded Place Settings -- Part Ii. Studies Of Spatial Inequality -- 5. The Spatial Politics Of Public Policy: Devolution, Development, And Welfare Reform -- 6. Differential Mortality Across The United States: The Influence Of Place-based Inequality -- 7. Placing Family Poverty In Area Contexts: The Use Of Multilevel Models In Spatial Research -- 8. Adios Aztlan: Mexican American Out-migration From The Southwest -- 9. A Spatial Analysis Of The Urban Landscape: What Accounts For Differences Across Neighborhoods? -- Part Iii. The Sociology Of Spatial Inequality:toward A Common Vision -- 10. Space For Social Inequality Researchers: A View From Geography -- 11. Conclusion: An Agenda For Moving A Spatial Sociology Forward -- About The Editors And Contributors -- Index -- A -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z. Edited By Linda M. Lobao, Gregory