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Author Gonzales, Teresa Irene, author

Title Building a better Chicago : race and community resistance to urban redevelopment / Teresa Irene Gonzales
Published New York : New York University Press, [2021]

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Description 1 online resource (x, 215 pages) : illustrations
Series Latina/o sociology series
Latina/o sociology series.
Contents Cover -- BUILDING A BETTER CHICAGO -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- List of Figures and Tables -- Introduction: "This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things" -- 1. Àse: (Mis)trust, Change Makers, and Leadership Development in Two Chicago Neighborhoods -- 2. A Seat at the Table: The New Communities Program, Organizational Relationships, and Socialization into Community Development -- 3. "You Can't Do It if You're Mad, You Can Do It if You're Organized": Leadership Development and the New Communities Program
4. "Teamwork to Make the Dream Work": Networks of Opportunity and Collective Skepticism as a Tactical Tool -- Conclusion: What's Trust Got to Do with It? -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix A: Methods -- Appendix B: In-Depth Interview Protocol -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author
Summary "This book offers insight into how redevelopment policy is implemented on the ground, articulates the political and social benefits of collective skepticism for communities of color, and critiques the partial perspectives dominant in social capital and community development studies"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 14, 2022)
Subject City planning -- Illinois -- Chicago
Urban renewal -- Illinois -- Chicago
Social change -- Illinois -- Chicago
Inner cities -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Social conditions
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban.
Inner cities -- Social conditions
City planning
Social change
Urban renewal
Illinois -- Chicago
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2020035764
ISBN 9781479872282
1479872288
9781479813568
1479813567