The organization of hope : communities planning themselves / / Howell S. Baum

• Autore: Baum Howell S
• Pubblicazione: Albany, NY, : State University of New York Press, c1997
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (333 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Communities; Community organization; Community organization - Maryland - Baltimore; Jews - Maryland - Baltimore
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-308) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""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""
• Sommario/riassunto: Analyzes the future of urban communities and presents models for community planning, taking into account different classes, ethnicities, and cultures.
• Titolo autorizzato: The organization of hope
• ISBN: 0-7914-9600-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814769403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: SUNY series on urban public policy.