ABSTRACT
New research in community development shows that institutions matter. Where the private sector disinvests from the inner city, public and nonprofit institutions step in and provide engines to economic revitalization and promote greater equity in society. Schools and Urban Revitalization collects emerging research in this field, with special interest in new school-neighborhood partnerships that lead today’s most vibrant policy responses to urban blight.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |105 pages
Institutions, Revitalization, and Inner-City Neighborhoods
chapter 2|14 pages
Anchoring Community Development to Schoold and Neighborhoodd
A Renewed Tradition of Putting People First
chapter 3|26 pages
Shrinking Cities, Growing Adversaries
The Politics of Territory for Community Nonprofits in ‘Shrinking City' Planning Processes
chapter 6|20 pages
Anchor Institutions and Disenfranchised Communities
Lessons for DHS and St. Elizabeths
part |97 pages
Schools as Anchor Institutions for Inner-City Revitalization
chapter 7|27 pages
Back to the Future
Public Schools as Neighborhood Anchor Institutions: The Choice Neighborhood Initiative in Buffalo, New York
chapter 8|15 pages
Assessing the State of the Village
Multi-method, Multi-level Analyses for Comprehensive Community Change
chapter 10|18 pages
Public Schools as Centers for Building Social Capital in Urban Communities
A Case Study of the Logan Square Neighborhood Association in Chicago
chapter 11|19 pages
Building Schools and Community Connections
Outreach and Activism for New Schools in Southeast Los Angeles
