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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.
List 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.
About the author
Kelly L. Patterson is an Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work at the University at Buffalo. She holds a Ph.D. in Urban Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, a Masters in Public Affairs from the University at Buffalo, and a B.A. in Sociology from North Carolina Central University. Her research focuses on rent vouchers, fair housing, discrimination, social policy, and the African-American experience. She has published in Housing
Policy Debate,
Housing and Society,
Journal of Black Psychology, and other peer reviewed journals. She is co-editor of
Fair and Affordable Housing in the US: Trends, Outcomes, Future Directions (2011).
Robert Mark Silverman is an Associate Professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the University at Buffalo. He holds a Ph.D. in Urban Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He also holds a B.S. in Political Science and a Masters in Public Administration from Arizona State University. His research focuses on community development, the nonprofit sector, community-based organizations, education reform, and inequality in inner city housing markets. He has published in
Urban Affairs Review,
Urban Studies,
National Civic Review,
Action Research,
Community Development,
Journal of Black Studies,
Journal of Social History, and other peer reviewed journals. He is co-editor of
Fair and Affordable Housing in the US: Trends, Outcomes, Future Directions (2011).
Summary
Schools and Urban Revitalization examines the vital role public schools play as anchor institutions in struggling neighborhoods.
