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Author Baum, Howell S

Title The organization of hope : communities planning themselves / Howell S. Baum
Published Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, ©1997

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 318 pages) : map
Series SUNY series in urban public policy
SUNY series on urban public policy
Contents Front Matter -- Front Cover -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Table Of Contents -- PREFACE -- Contents -- The Question of Community -- Introduction -- The Baltimore Jewish Community, The Associated, and Strategic Planning -- Southeast Baltimore, the South East Community Organization, and Southeast Community Planning -- Community, Identity, and Planning -- Setting Community Boundaries -- Setting Jewish Community Boundaries: The Affiliated and the Unaffiliated -- Permeable Southeast Boundaries: Dumping, Loss, and the Decline of Ethnicity
Establishing the Boundaries: Investing and Regenerating -- Defining Good Community Membership -- Defining the Jewish Community and Good Membership: The Orthodox and Non-Orthodox -- The Orthodox, the Non-Orthodox, and Strategic Planning: The Case of Jewish Education -- Consensus Decision Making -- Defining Good Membership in Southeast Baltimore: Good-Heartedness, Homeownership, and the Problem of Race -- Homeownership and Community Preservation -- Managing Resources -- Resources in the Jewish Community: The Wealthy and the Nonwealthy -- Setting Community Priorities
Other People's Money: The Challenges of Implementation in Southeast -- Continuing the Community -- Continuing the Jewish Community: Older Generations and Younger Generations -- Continuing the Southeast Community: Old-Timers, Newcomers, and Schools -- Community, Organizations, Planning, and the City -- Community Identities -- Community Organizations Planning for Community -- Communities and the City -- Back Matter -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- Back Cover
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-308) and index
Notes English
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Subject Communities -- Case studies
Community organization -- Case studies
Community organization -- Maryland -- Baltimore
Jews -- Maryland -- Baltimore
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- City Planning & Urban Development.
Communities
Community organization
Jews
Maryland -- Baltimore
Genre/Form Case studies
Case studies.
Études de cas.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 96005109
ISBN 058507545X
9780585075457
9780791431931
0791431932
9780791431948
0791431940
0791496007
9780791496008