Nonprofit Neighborhoods
An Urban History of Inequality and the American State
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2022
University of Chicago Press (Verlag)
978-0-226-81990-7 (ISBN)
University of Chicago Press (Verlag)
978-0-226-81990-7 (ISBN)
An exploration of how and why American city governments delegated the responsibility for solving urban inequality to the nonprofit sector.
Nonprofits serving a range of municipal and cultural needs are now so ubiquitous in US cities, it can be difficult to envision a time when they were more limited in number, size, and influence. Turning back the clock, however, uncovers both an illuminating story of how the nonprofit sector became such a dominant force in American society, as well as a troubling one of why this growth occurred alongside persistent poverty and widening inequality. Claire Dunning’s book connects these two stories in histories of race, democracy, and capitalism, revealing how the federal government funded and deputized nonprofits to help individuals in need, and in so doing avoided addressing the structural inequities that necessitated such action in the first place.
Nonprofit Neighborhoods begins after World War II, when suburbanization, segregation, and deindustrialization inaugurated an era of urban policymaking that applied private solutions to public problems. Dunning introduces readers to the activists, corporate executives, and politicians who advocated addressing poverty and racial exclusion through local organizations, while also raising provocative questions about the politics and possibilities of social change. The lessons of Nonprofit Neighborhoods exceed the bounds of Boston, where the story unfolds, providing a timely history of the shift from urban crisis to urban renaissance for anyone concerned about American inequality—past, present, or future.
Nonprofits serving a range of municipal and cultural needs are now so ubiquitous in US cities, it can be difficult to envision a time when they were more limited in number, size, and influence. Turning back the clock, however, uncovers both an illuminating story of how the nonprofit sector became such a dominant force in American society, as well as a troubling one of why this growth occurred alongside persistent poverty and widening inequality. Claire Dunning’s book connects these two stories in histories of race, democracy, and capitalism, revealing how the federal government funded and deputized nonprofits to help individuals in need, and in so doing avoided addressing the structural inequities that necessitated such action in the first place.
Nonprofit Neighborhoods begins after World War II, when suburbanization, segregation, and deindustrialization inaugurated an era of urban policymaking that applied private solutions to public problems. Dunning introduces readers to the activists, corporate executives, and politicians who advocated addressing poverty and racial exclusion through local organizations, while also raising provocative questions about the politics and possibilities of social change. The lessons of Nonprofit Neighborhoods exceed the bounds of Boston, where the story unfolds, providing a timely history of the shift from urban crisis to urban renaissance for anyone concerned about American inequality—past, present, or future.
Claire Dunning is assistant professor of public policy and history at the University of Maryland, College Park.
List of Figures
Introduction. Neighborhood Nonprofits
Chapter 1. The City
Chapter 2. The Grantees
Chapter 3. The Residents
Chapter 4. The Bureaucrats
Chapter 5. The Lenders
Chapter 6. The Partners
Chapter 7. The Coalitions
Conclusion. Nonprofit Neighborhoods
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations Found in Notes
Notes
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 23.05.2022 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Historical Studies of Urban America |
| Zusatzinfo | 23 halftones |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 540 g |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-226-81990-6 / 0226819906 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-226-81990-7 / 9780226819907 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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