Urban Problems and Community DevelopmentIn recent years, concerned governments, businesses, and civic groups have launched ambitious programs of community development designed to halt, and even reverse, decades of urban decline. But while massive amounts of effort and money are being dedicated to improving the inner-cities, two important questions have gone unanswered: Can community development actually help solve long-standing urban problems? And, based on social science analyses, what kinds of initiatives can make a difference? This book surveys what we currently know and what we need to know about community development's past, current, and potential contributions. The authors--economists, sociologists, political scientists, and a historian--define community development broadly to include all capacity building (including social, intellectual, physical, financial, and political assets) aimed at improving the quality of life in low- to moderate-income neighborhoods. The book addresses the history of urban development strategies, the politics of resource allocation, business and workforce development, housing, community development corporations, informal social organizations, schooling, and public security. |
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Swimming against the Tide : A Brief History of Federal Policy in Poor Communities Alice O'Connor Comment by Joseph McNeely 4. Power , Money , and Politics in Community Development . Margaret Weir Comment by Peter Dreier 5.
we use limited resources to help people leave poor neighborhoods — and all their attendant problems — behind ? Can Community Development Be Effective ? In Poverty and Place Paul Jargowsky demonstrates that conditions in the metropolitan ...
33 Similarly , more of the poor live in the suburbs today than in the past . But many poor and nonpoor who need both self - help and external assistance remain in ...
However, at the same time that nonprofits have become increasingly important as suppliers of new and rehabilitated units, most of the poor still live in properties owned and controlled in the private market and most receive no housing ...
... organizations ( much of our discussion later turns on this distinction ) : " Little attention ... has been given to how the local government role needs to change relative to nonprofits involved in providing services to the poor .