Slow and Sudden Violence

Why and When Uprisings Occur

Derek Hyra

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University of California Press
06 August 2024

Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions; Poverty & unemployment; Urban communities; Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies; Sociology

Exposing the roots of racial unrest that consistently harm Black communities

In Slow and Sudden Violence, Derek Hyra links police violence to an ongoing cycle of racial and spatial urban redevelopment repression. By delving into the real estate histories of St. Louis and Baltimore, he shows how housing and community development policies advance neighborhood inequality by segregating, gentrifying, and displacing Black communities.

Repeated decisions to ""upgrade"" the urban fabric and uproot low-income Black populations have resulted in pockets of poverty inhabited by people experiencing displacement trauma and police surveillance. These interconnected sets of divestments and accumulated frustrations have contributed to eruptions of violence in response to tragic, unjust police killings. To confront American unrest, Hyra urges that we end racialized policing, stop Black community destruction and displacement, and reduce neighborhood inequality.

By: Derek Hyra
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 499g
ISBN: 9780520401471
ISBN 10: 0520401476
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 06 August 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Preface Introduction I Understanding Unrest 1 Riots or Revolts? An Urban Renewal Unrest Perspective II Linking Slow and Sudden Violence 2 Segregation, Divestment, and Serial Displacement 3 Central Corridor Gentrification and Suburban Segregation 4 Plantation Politics and Policing 5 Ghetto Walls Go Up 6 Ghetto Walls Come Down 7 Watch Out for Broken Windows! III Breaking the Cycle 8 Revisiting Theories and Racial Policy Responses Appendix A. A Pandemic Methods Mess and Some Solutions Appendix B. Select Descriptive Statistics Notes References Index

Derek Hyra is Professor of Public Administration and Policy and founding director of the Metropolitan Policy Center at American University. His research focuses on neighborhood change, with an emphasis on housing, urban politics, and race.

Reviews for Slow and Sudden Violence: Why and When Uprisings Occur

""Hyra’s honest, honorable, and immensely generative research. . . performs a great service by looking below the surface, behind the scenes, and before the present to uncover what has too often been hidden in scholarship and civic life."" * Social Forces * ""A must-read for anyone trying to understand the complexities of gentrification in a hypergentrified city."" * Urban Affairs Review * ""Exemplifies the kind of critical, innovative and passionate scholarship—which recognizes the need for intersectional analysis—currently under threat in Trump’s America."" * Housing Studies *