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Rebuilding Inner–City – A History of Neighborhood Initiatives to Address Poverty in the United States - Hardcover

Halpern, Robert

 
9780231081146: Rebuilding Inner–City – A History of Neighborhood Initiatives to Address Poverty in the United States
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ISBN 10: 0231081146 ISBN 13: 9780231081146
Publisher: Columbia University Press, 1995

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This study charts the history of neighbourhood-based initiatives in the USA to illuminate the enduring dilemmas and contradictions in American governments' efforts to eradicate poverty. The author argues that these initiatives divert attention from broader social inequities.

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A tour de force. [Halpern] has been able to tell the story, expose the myths, explain the dilemmas, and interpret future directions-all in a modest, very readable style. This book is a scholarly analysis of social policy.

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  • PublisherColumbia University Press
  • Publication date1995
  • ISBN 10 0231081146
  • ISBN 13 9780231081146
  • BindingHardcover
  • Number of pages264

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9780231081153: Rebuilding the Inner City: A History of Neighborhood Initiatives to Address Poverty in the United States (Literature, Culture, Theory)

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