Urban Problems and Community DevelopmentRonald F. Ferguson, William T. Dickens Brookings Institution Press, 01/01/2011 - 642 من الصفحات In 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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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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... political participation is weak . Fortu- nately , experience shows that problems are not intractable . But progress is often fragile . Achieving more sustainable gains requires skilled grass- roots leadership , effective community ...
... political participation is weak . Fortu- nately , experience shows that problems are not intractable . But progress is often fragile . Achieving more sustainable gains requires skilled grass- roots leadership , effective community ...
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... political efficacy , and economic vitality . —Residents should feel secure in their homes and neighborhoods . —When local problems arise , neighbors should have the capacity to collaborate among themselves and with business people ...
... political efficacy , and economic vitality . —Residents should feel secure in their homes and neighborhoods . —When local problems arise , neighbors should have the capacity to collaborate among themselves and with business people ...
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... political capital , which provides the ca- pacity to exert political influence . An entity's political capital comprises those aspects of its physical , financial , social , and intellectual capital that have potential to affect political ...
... political capital , which provides the ca- pacity to exert political influence . An entity's political capital comprises those aspects of its physical , financial , social , and intellectual capital that have potential to affect political ...
الصفحة 6
... political asset building is an intended outcome . The alternative semantics that we use come from economics , where development and services are two sides of the same coin : development expands and improves assets that produce all types ...
... political asset building is an intended outcome . The alternative semantics that we use come from economics , where development and services are two sides of the same coin : development expands and improves assets that produce all types ...
المحتوى
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Swimming against the Tide A Brief History of Federal Policy in Poor Communities | 77 |
Power Money and Politics in Community Development | 139 |
Community Development Corporations Mission Strategy and Accomplishments | 193 |
What Community Supplies | 241 |
Security and Community Development | 293 |
Schools and Disadvantaged NeighborhoodsThe Community Development Challenge | 339 |
Rebuilding Urban Labor Markets What Community Development Can Accomplish | 381 |
The Economics of Housing Services in LowIncome Neighborhoods | 437 |
InnerCity Business Development and Entrepreneur ship New Frontiers for Policy and Research | 473 |
Evaluating Community Development Programs Problems and Prospects | 521 |
Conclusion Social Science Research Urban Problems and Community Development Alliances | 569 |
Index | 611 |
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الصفحة 456 - The convenience and needs of communities include the need for credit services as well as deposit services; •nd regulated financial institutions have a continuing and affirmative obligation to help meet the credit needs of the local communities in which they are chartered.
الصفحة 277 - These two conceptions are in a large measure contradictory. The policeman who takes a strictly legalistic view of his duties cuts himself off from the personal relations necessary to enable him to serve as a mediator of disputes in his area. The policeman who develops close ties with local people is unable to act against them with the vigor prescribed by the law.
الصفحة 255 - Physical capital is wholly tangible, being embodied in observable material form; human capital is less tangible, being embodied in the skills and knowledge acquired by an individual; social capital is even less tangible, for it is embodied in the relations among persons.
الصفحة 253 - Sampson and Groves (1989), the concept of social disorganization may be seen as the inability of a community structure to realize the common values of its residents and maintain effective social controls.
الصفحة 255 - ... features of social organization, such as networks, norms, and trust, that facilitate coordination and cooperation for mutual benefit.
الصفحة 262 - Massey (1991, 1035) have argued, public housing is a federally funded, physically permanent institution for the isolation of black families by race and class and must therefore be considered an important structural constraint on ecological area of residence. In short, the foregoing discussion suggests that macrostructural factors — both historic and contemporary — have combined to concentrate urban black poverty and family disruption in the inner city.
الصفحة 179 - Community organizing involves mobilizing people to combat common problems and to increase their voice in institutions and decisions that affect their lives and communities. Community-based development involves neighborhood-based efforts to improve an area's physical and economic condition, such as the construction or rehabilitation of housing and the creation of jobs and business enterprises. Communitybased service provision involves neighborhood-level efforts to deliver social services...
الصفحة 473 - To ignore the potential contribution of private enterprise is to fight the war on poverty with a single platoon, while great armies are left to stand aside.