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Collaborative City
Opportunities and Struggles for Blacks and Latinos in U.S. Cities
Av John Betancur, John Betancur m. fl.
Häftad, 2014
647 kr
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This book explores Latino and Black and other relevant local experiences of collaboration and contention around policies and initiatives of advancement, in the context of recent global and national socioeconomic changes and changes in social policies in the United States.
Reviving America's Forgotten Neighborhoods
An Investigation of Inner City Revitalization Efforts
Häftad, 2003
313 kr
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This book examines both successful and unsuccessful efforts at revitalizing low-income neighborhoods and features case studies on a wide range of American cities.
Neighborhoods, Family, and Political Behavior in Urban America
Political Behavior & Orientations
Inbunden, 1998
1880 kr
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Undergirded by a multidisciplinary framework of political science, geography, and sociology, this book examines hte manner in which neighborhood economic resources and family structure shape individual political behavior among white and black citizens in urban America.
Local Economic Development Policy
The United States and Canada
Av Laura A. Reese, Urban Center Staff
Inbunden, 1997
1521 kr
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First published in 1997. Part of the contemporary urban affairs series this volume looks at the local economic development policy of the United States and Canada. Laura Reese compares and analyzes local economic development efforts in Michigan and Ontario. She seeks to redress the paucity of …
Wages, Race, Skills and Space
Lessons from Employers in Detroit's Auto Industry
Inbunden, 2000
764 kr
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Susan Turner Meiklejohn’s Wages, Race, Skills and Space: Lessons from Employers in Detroit’s Auto Industry is an important study of wage and employment differences between blacks and whites in an urban economy. The book presents the results of a Detroit-based research endeavor which sought to …
Beyond Edge Cities
Av Richard D. Bingham, William M. Bowen m. fl.
Inbunden, 1997
1521 kr
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In his influential 1991 book Edge City, Joel Garreau argued that every American city is growing in the fashion of Los Angeles, with multiple urban cores. He named these cores edge cities because they perform all of the city functions, but rise in places that were farmlands or villages only decades …
Human Capital Investment for Central City Revitalization
Av Fritz Wagner, Timothy Joder m. fl.
Inbunden, 2003
2510 kr
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Viewing poverty as a condition that is fed and renewed on a daily basis by social and economic structures, this book focuses on the ways in which poor residents can be helped to improve their own situations, their living conditions, and the central city itself. Also includes four maps.
Downtowns
Revitalizing the Centers of Small Urban Communities
Inbunden, 2001
2510 kr
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This collection evaluates the various strategies that different cities have used when attempting to economically revitalize downtown areas.
Minority Politics at the Millennium
Av Richard A. Keiser, Katherine Underwood
Inbunden, 1999
2743 kr
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First published in 2000. This edited collection reviews the developments in theoretical understanding of minority political incorporation. The chapters focus on minority groups throughout the US: Three Decades of Changing Minority Group Opportunities - Richard A. Keiser * Electoral Arrangements and …
Collaborative City
Opportunities and Struggles for Blacks and Latinos in U.S. Cities
Av John Betancur, Douglas Gills m. fl.
Inbunden, 1999
2510 kr
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This edited collection examines joint efforts by Latinos and African Americans to confront problems faced by populations of both groups in urban settings (in particular, socioeconomic disadvantage and concentration in inner cities). The essays address two major issues: experiences and bases for …
Art of Revitalization
Improving Conditions in Distressed Inner-City Neighborhoods
Inbunden, 2000
2743 kr
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This book discusses the revitalization of decayed inner-city neighborhoods. It explores the role of social capital in stabilizing and turning around distressed communities, and it highlights the roles that local actors can and do play in the revitalization process.The Art of Revitalization takes …
Art of Revitalization
Improving Conditions in Distressed Inner-City Neighborhoods
Häftad, 2000
822 kr
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This book discusses the revitalization of decayed inner-city neighborhoods. It explores the role of social capital in stabilizing and turning around distressed communities, and it highlights the roles that local actors can and do play in the revitalization process.The Art of Revitalization takes …
Downtowns
Revitalizing the Centers of Small Urban Communities
Häftad, 2015
822 kr
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This collection evaluates the various strategies that different cities have used when attempting to economically revitalize downtown areas.
Neighborhoods, Family, and Political Behavior in Urban America
Political Behavior & Orientations
Häftad, 2017
592 kr
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Undergirded by a multidisciplinary framework of political science, geography, and sociology, this book examines hte manner in which neighborhood economic resources and family structure shape individual political behavior among white and black citizens in urban America.
Local Economic Development Policy
The United States and Canada
Av Laura A. Reese, Urban Center Staff
Häftad, 2016
575 kr
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First published in 1997. Part of the contemporary urban affairs series this volume looks at the local economic development policy of the United States and Canada. Laura Reese compares and analyzes local economic development efforts in Michigan and Ontario. She seeks to redress the paucity of …
Managing Capital Resources for Central City Revitalization
Av Fritz W. Wagner, Timothy E. Joder m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
652 kr
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First Published in 2000. This book and its companion volume, Human Capital Investment fo r Central City Revitalization, are the products of a two-year endeavor by the National Center for the Revitalization of Central Cities. The National Center is a consortium of academic institutions that analyzes …
Wages, Race, Skills and Space
Lessons from Employers in Detroit's Auto Industry
Häftad, 2016
415 kr
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Susan Turner Meiklejohn’s Wages, Race, Skills and Space: Lessons from Employers in Detroit’s Auto Industry is an important study of wage and employment differences between blacks and whites in an urban economy. The book presents the results of a Detroit-based research endeavor which sought to …
Human Capital Investment for Central City Revitalization
Av Fritz Wagner, Timothy Joder m. fl.
Häftad, 2016
823 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Viewing poverty as a condition that is fed and renewed on a daily basis by social and economic structures, this book focuses on the ways in which poor residents can be helped to improve their own situations, their living conditions, and the central city itself. Also includes four maps.
Minority Politics at the Millennium
Av Richard A. Keiser, Katherine Underwood
Häftad, 2016
823 kr
Lägg i varukorg
First published in 2000. This edited collection reviews the developments in theoretical understanding of minority political incorporation. The chapters focus on minority groups throughout the US: Three Decades of Changing Minority Group Opportunities - Richard A. Keiser * Electoral Arrangements and …
Managing Capital Resources for Central City Revitalization
Av Fritz W. Wagner, Timothy E. Joder m. fl.
Inbunden, 1999
1591 kr
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First Published in 2000. This book and its companion volume, Human Capital Investment fo r Central City Revitalization, are the products of a two-year endeavor by the National Center for the Revitalization of Central Cities. The National Center is a consortium of academic institutions that analyzes …
