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Policymakers have used two different approaches to curb violence in the French suburbs. Some have advocated the management of poverty and social isolation by deploying social workers, forming school aid associations, and instituting crime prevention programs (the 'soft' approach). Others have taken a more hard-line stance, asserting that the ...
Inner-city property values declined, and economically disadvantaged populations moved in. In the U.S., the new inner-city poor were often African-Americans that migrated from the South in the 1920s and 1930s. As they moved into traditional white neighborhoods, ethnic frictions served to accelerate flight to the suburbs. [27]
However, critiques of modern suburbs date back to the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with early urban planners and social theorists questioning the development of suburbia. [2] The discourse is particularly focused in the English-speaking world and the Anglosphere , being prevalent both in popular culture and academia.
The fatal police shooting of a 17-year-old outside Paris this week has set off widespread disorder in French suburbs, with protesters burning cars, garbage and buildings. The killing also has ...
More than 60,000 asylum seekers have entered New York since last Spring with nearly three-quarters remaining under the care of the city, Fox News reports. Adams has converted over 100 hotels in ...
Merge Allegations of French apartheid with Social situation in the French suburbs, and approach other articles on a case-by-case basis. WP:ALLORNOTHING is no solution to our problem. CJCurrie 21:44, 6 August 2007 (UTC) Merge for this article and the others in the "series".
In France, a banlieue (UK: / b ɒ n ˈ lj uː /; [1] French: ⓘ) is a suburb of a large city, or all its suburbs taken collectively. Banlieues are divided into autonomous administrative entities and do not constitute part of the city proper. For instance, 80 percent of the inhabitants of the Paris metropolitan area live outside the city of ...
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