Explaining Cultural Poverty through two theories: Urban Ecology and Political Economy

Explaining Cultural Poverty through two theories: Urban Ecology and Political Economy Order Description Critically examine the Culture of Poverty by examining two contrasting theories: urban ecology and political economy. There must be discussion of how race relates to Cultural Poverty. Explain the two contrasting theories that describe the topic. Describe major research findings/data on the topic. Describe the strengths and weaknesses of the two theories in terms of the data presented. Explain why one theory offers a better explanation of the issue than the other theory. There must be a minimum of 8 sources from academic journals and books cited within the paper. Up to three course readings can count as part of the sources ** Up to three of the following can be used as sources in the paper**: Course readings are as follows: "The American Class Structure (In an Age of Growing Inequality) Sixth Edition" by Dennis Gilbert -- Chapter 1 "Class, Status, and Power (Social Stratification in Comparative Perspective (Second Edition) by Reinhard Bendix "Building American Cities -- The Urban Real Estate Game Second Edition" by Joe R. Feagin & Robert E. Parker "Five Families: Mexican Case Studies in the Culture of Poverty" by Oscar Lewis "Blaming the Victim" by William Ryan "Housing, Baseball, and Creeping Socialism-- The Battle of Chavez Ravine, Los Angeles, 1949-1959" by Thomas S. Hines "The Urban World" by J. John Palen "Contemporary Urban Planning" by John Levy "A University and A Neighborhood: University of Southern California in Los Angeles, 1880-1984: Curtis C. Roseman , Ruth Wallach, Dace Taube, Linda McCann, Geoffrey DeVerteuil and Claude Zachary "Racism without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in America." by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva "The Possessive Investment in Whiteness: Racialized Social Democracy and the "White" Problem in American Studies" by George Lipsitz "Assimilation in American Life: The Role of Race, Religion, and National Origins" by Milton M. Gordon "Rethinking Environmental Racism: White Privilege and Urban Development in Southern California" by Laura Pulido "Environmental Racism: Minority communities and their battle against toxics" by Dick Russell "Race and Politics: Asian American, Latinos and Whites in Los Angeles Suburb" by Leland T. Saito "Placing Race in Context" by Clara E. Rodriguex and Hector Cordero-Guzman "The Disuniting of America: Reflections in a Multicultural Society" by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. 1991 "Behind the Label: Inequality in the Los Angeles Apparel Industry" by Edna Bonacich and Richard P. Appelbaum "Why Does the Minimum Wage Have No Discernible Effect on Employment?" by John Schmitt "The Economics of Sports Facilities and Their Communities" by John Siegfried and Andrew Zimbalist "When Professional Sports Justify the Subsidy: a Reply to Robert A Baade" by Thomas V. Chema "Time Passages: A Collective Memory and American Popular Culture" by George Lipsitz "How Racism Takes Place" by George Lipsitz "The Case for Reparations" By Ta-Nehisi Coates