LEADER 03931nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910456825403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-53163-8 010 $a9786612531637 010 $a1-4008-3563-1 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400835638 035 $a(CKB)2550000000007424 035 $a(EBL)485790 035 $a(OCoLC)593295817 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000337173 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11278189 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000337173 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10288110 035 $a(PQKB)10292762 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC485790 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36448 035 $a(DE-B1597)446353 035 $a(OCoLC)979779663 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400835638 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL485790 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10367249 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL253163 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000007424 100 $a20030722d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEmpowered participation$b[electronic resource] $ereinventing urban democracy /$fArchon Fung 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. ;$aOxford $cPrinceton University Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (293 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-11535-4 311 $a0-691-12608-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [253]-269) and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tFigures and Tables -- $tPreface -- $tAbbreviations -- $t1. Democracy as a Reform Strategy -- $t2. Down to the Neighborhoods -- $t3. Building Capacity and Accountability -- $t4. Challenges to Participation -- $t5. Deliberation and Poverty -- $t6. Deliberation in Social Conflict -- $t7. The Chicago Experience and Beyond -- $tNotes -- $tSelected Bibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aEvery month in every neighborhood in Chicago, residents, teachers, school principals, and police officers gather to deliberate about how to improve their schools and make their streets safer. Residents of poor neighborhoods participate as much or more as those from wealthy ones. All voices are heard. Since the meetings began more than a dozen years ago, they have led not only to safer streets but also to surprising improvements in the city's schools. Chicago's police department and school system have become democratic urban institutions unlike any others in America. Empowered Participation is the compelling chronicle of this unprecedented transformation. It is the first comprehensive empirical analysis of the ways in which participatory democracy can be used to effect social change. Using city-wide data and six neighborhood case studies, the book explores how determined Chicago residents, police officers, teachers, and community groups worked to banish crime and transform a failing city school system into a model for educational reform. The author's conclusion: Properly designed and implemented institutions of participatory democratic governance can spark citizen involvement that in turn generates innovative problem-solving and public action. Their participation makes organizations more fair and effective. Though the book focuses on Chicago's municipal agencies, its lessons are applicable to many American cities. Its findings will prove useful not only in the fields of education and law enforcement, but also to sectors as diverse as environmental regulation, social service provision, and workforce development. 606 $aPolitical participation$zIllinois$zChicago$vCase studies 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPolitical participation 676 $a352.16 700 $aFung$b Archon$f1968-$01032160 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456825403321 996 $aEmpowered participation$92460527 997 $aUNINA