Race, class, power, and organizing in East Baltimore : rebuilding abandoned communities in America /

Using the East Baltimore community as an example this book examines historical and current rebuilding practices in abandoned communities in urban America, their structural causes, and outcomes on the health of the place and the people. The role of community organizing as a necessary means to assure...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gomez, Marisela B., 1965-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Lexington Books, c2013.
Temas:
Community development, Urban > Maryland > Baltimore.
Community organization > Maryland > Baltimore.
Développement communautaire urbain > Maryland > Baltimore.
Organisation communautaire > Maryland > Baltimore.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > City Planning & Urban Development.
Community development, Urban
Community organization
Race relations
Social conditions
East Baltimore (Baltimore, Md.) > Race relations.
East Baltimore (Baltimore, Md.) > Social conditions.
Maryland > Baltimore
Maryland > Baltimore > East Baltimore
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Using the East Baltimore community as an example this book examines historical and current rebuilding practices in abandoned communities in urban America, their structural causes, and outcomes on the health of the place and the people. The role of community organizing as a necessary means to assure benefit during and after resident displacement, its challenges and successes, are described in the context of a current eminent domain-driven rebuilding project in East Baltimore.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xv, 271 p.)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-265) and index.
ISBN:9780739175019
0739175017
1283848260
9781283848268

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