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This book underscores the importance of moving beyond lip service
or hollow platitudes to mobilize and expand the capacity of social
justice movements to foster policy change and incubate new programs
at the local, state, and federal levels. In the wake of global
protests spurred by acts of police brutality in the United States,
present-day problematic policing and racial injustice in Black and
Brown communities surged to the forefront of political discourse in
recent years. Institutionalized backlash politics, which emerged
during the post-Civil Rights era, perpetuated and further
exacerbated generations-long racial disparities and stymied
systemic change. This edited volume describes pilot programs and
community-based initiatives that show promise as tools for equity
and racial justice in Black and Brown communities. This book will
be of great value to scholars and academics interested in racism,
justice, community development and social work. The chapters in
this book were originally published in the Journal of Community
Practice.
The second edition of Qualitative Research Methods for Community
Development teaches the basic skills, tools, and methods of
qualitative research with special attention to the needs of
community practitioners. This book teaches students entering
planning, community development, nonprofit management, social work,
and similar applied fields the core skills necessary to conduct
systematic research designed to empower communities and promote
social change. Focusing on the basic elements of qualitative
research, such as field observation, interviewing, focus groups,
and content analysis, this second edition of this book provides an
overview of core methods and theoretical underpinnings of
successful research. It also includes two new chapters on
qualitative data analysis software and techniques for conducting
online qualitative interviews and focus groups. From housing,
community organizing, neighborhood planning, and urban
revitalization, this book gives students the skills they need to
undertake their own projects and provides professionals a valuable
reference for their future research. This book serves as a primary
text for courses in applied qualitative research and as a reference
book for professionals and community-based researchers.
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.
The second edition of Qualitative Research Methods for Community
Development teaches the basic skills, tools, and methods of
qualitative research with special attention to the needs of
community practitioners. This book teaches students entering
planning, community development, nonprofit management, social work,
and similar applied fields the core skills necessary to conduct
systematic research designed to empower communities and promote
social change. Focusing on the basic elements of qualitative
research, such as field observation, interviewing, focus groups,
and content analysis, this second edition of this book provides an
overview of core methods and theoretical underpinnings of
successful research. It also includes two new chapters on
qualitative data analysis software and techniques for conducting
online qualitative interviews and focus groups. From housing,
community organizing, neighborhood planning, and urban
revitalization, this book gives students the skills they need to
undertake their own projects and provides professionals a valuable
reference for their future research. This book serves as a primary
text for courses in applied qualitative research and as a reference
book for professionals and community-based researchers.
Series Information: Garland Studies in Entrepreneurship
Given the rapid urbanisation of the world's population, the
converse phenomenon of shrinking cities is often overlooked and
little understood. Yet with almost one in ten post-industrial US
cities shrinking in recent years, efforts by government and anchor
institutions to regenerate these cities is gaining policy urgency,
with the availability and siting of affordable housing being a key
concern. This is the first book to look at the reasons for the
failure (and success) of affordable housing experiences in the
fastest shrinking cities in the US. Applying quantitative and GIS
analysis using data from the US Department of Housing and Urban
Development, the authors make recommendations for future
place-based siting practices, stressing its importance for ensuring
more equitable urban revitalisation. The book will be a valuable
resource for academic researchers and students in urban studies,
housing and inequality, as well as policy makers.
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.
U.S. fair and affordable housing policy has been constrained by
neoliberal ideologies that emphasize market-based approaches to
program implementation. Public policy aimed at ameliorating housing
discrimination and expanding access to housing markets for
minorities and the poor has remained underdeveloped, underfunded,
and poorly implemented.
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