Urban problems and community development / Ronald F. Ferguson and William T. Dickens, editors.
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| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
Brookings Institution Press,
[1999], ©1999.
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| Physical Description: | xii, 628 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Format: | eBook |
Contents:
- Introduction / Ronald F. Ferguson and William T. Dickens
- Reconceiving the community development field / Ronald F. Ferguson and Sara E. Stoutland ; comment by Bennett Harrison
- Swimming against the tide: a brief history of federal policy in poor communities / Alice O'Connor ; comment by Joseph McNeedy
- Power, money, and politics in community development / Margaret Weir ; comment by Peter Dreier
- Community development corporations: mission, strategy, and accomplishments / Sara E. Stoutland
- What "community" supplies / Robert J. Sampson ; comment by James P. Connell
- Security and community development / Mark H. Moore ; comment by Wesley G. Skogan
- Schools and disadvantaged neighborhoods: the community development challenge / Clarence Stone, Kathryn Doherty, Cheryl Jones, and Timothy Ross ; comment by Gary Orfield
- Rebuilding urban labor markets: what community development can accomplish / William T. Dickens ; comment by Rebecca M. Blank
- The economics of housing services in low-income neighborhoods / Kenneth T. Rosen and Ted Dienstfrey ; comment by Anthony Downs
- Inner-city business development and entrepreneurship: new frontiers for policy and research / Ross Gittell and J. Phillip Thompson ; comment by Peter B. Doeringer
- Evaluating community development programs: problems and prospects / Peter H. Rossi ; comment by Judith M. Gueron
- Conclusion: social science research, urban problems, and community development alliances / Ronald F. Ferguson.