Capital Dilemma: Growth and Inequality in Washington, DC uncovers and explains the dynamics that have influenced the contemporary economic advancement of Washington, DC.

Section One: The Historical, Political and Economic Contexts of Urban Shifts Chapter 1: Private Revitalization and Gentrification in Twentieth Century Washington, DC Chapter 2: How Government Policy affects Inequality: An Analysis of Inequality in Washington, DC, through Census Data, 1960-2010 Chapter 3: Situating Entrepreneurial Place-making in DC: Business Improvement Districts and Urban (Re) Development in Washington, DC Chapter 4: Demolishing Barry Farm: Ideology, Policy and the Emergence and Dissolution of a Racialized Urban Ghetto in Washington, DC Chapter 5: Representations of Change Chapter 6: Anchoring a Federal Agency in a Washington DC Community: The Department of Homeland Security Chapter 7: The Implementation of the Model Cities Program in Washington, DC Chapter 8: Exceptionalism and the National Capital in late 20th c. Washington and Paris Chapter 9: The New Urban Renewal: Gentrification and the Politics of Displacement in Washington, DC Chapter 10: Federal Spending Fuels the Washington Region's New Economy Chapter 11: Budget Growth in the District, 1999- 2013 Section Two: The Grassroots Impacts of Urban Shifts Chapter 12: Trends and Determinants of Bicycling in Washington DC Chapter 13: Seeking Elegba at the Crossroads: Pan-African Identity in a Changing City Chapter 14: A Tale of Two Theaters: The Implications of Redevelopment and Gentrification on Community Anchors and Identity in U Street/Shaw Chapter 15: Changing Neighborhoods, Changing Communities: Managed Redevelopment in Columbia Heights Chapter 16: Tenants Take Over Connecting DC to Johannesburg: Washington InnerCity Self Help Goes to South Africa Chapter 17: On the Waterfront