Description
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 I: Institutions, Revitalization, and Inner-City Neighborhoods 1. Institutions and the New Normal for Community Development 2. Anchoring Community Development to Schools and Neighborhoods: A Renewed Tradition of Putting People First 3. Shrinking Cities, Growing Adversaries: The Politics of Territory for Community Nonprofits in ‘Shrinking City’ Planning Processes 4. Anchor-Driven Redevelopment in a Very Weak Market: The Case of Midtown, Detroit 5. A Dual Nature: The Archdiocesan Community Development Corporation 6. Anchor Institutions and Disenfranchised Communities: Lessons for DHS and St. Elizabeth Part II: Schools as Anchor Institutions for Inner-City Revitalization 7. Back to the Future: Public Schools as Neighborhood Anchor Institutions: The Choice Neighborhood Initiative in Buffalo, New York 8. Assessing the State of the Village: Multi-Methods, Multi-Level Analysis for Comprehensive Community Change 9. Youth Organizing for School and Neighborhood Improvement 10. Public Schools as Centers for Building Social Capital in Urban Communities: A Case Study of the Logan Square Neighborhood Association in Chicago 11. Building Schools and Community Connections: Outreach and Activism for New Schools in Southeast L.A.
