Subprime Cities

<i>Subprime Cities: The Political Economy of Mortgage Markets</i> presents a collection of works from social scientists that offer insights into mortgage markets and the causes, effects, and aftermath of the recent ‘subprime’ mortgage crisis. <ul> <li> <div>Provides an even-handed and detailed analysis of mortgage markets and the recent housing crisis</div> </li> <li> <div>Features contributions from various social scientists with expertise in critical social theories who have assembled and analyzed detailed empirical information</div> </li> <li> <div>Offers a unique and powerful rebuttal to many of the misleading popular explanations of the crisis and its aftermath</div> </li> <li> <div>Reveals how racial minorities and the neighbourhoods inhabited by them are more likely to be targeted by subprime and predatory lenders</div> </li> </ul>