Organizing the South Bronx - Rooney, Jim, 1948- (Albany : State University of New York Press, 1995)
Foreword / Nathan Glazer -- Introduction: The Design and Purpose of the Study -- pt. 1. Context. 1. The Bronx: "The City Without a Slum" 2. Why Did the South Bronx Collapse? -- pt. 2. The IAF in New York City. 3. Alinsky, Chambers, and Citizen Movements. 4. The IAF in Queens and Brooklyn. 5. Old Testament Builders Nehemiah and Robbins. 6. Relational Organizing: Launching South Bronx Churches. 7. South Bronx Civics: Morris High School -- pt. 3. South Bronx Case Study. 8. Here We Will Build! 9. War on 404! The Reaction to the Action. 10. Digging in for the Long Haul. 11. Armistice in the War on 404 -- pt. 4. Analysis. 12. Was It a Just War? 13. Learning from South Bronx Churches.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-278) and index.
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Keywords: Industrial Areas Foundation; South Bronx Churches; Industrial Areas Foundation; South Bronx Churches; Community organization -- New York (State) -- New York -- Case studies; Housing policy -- New York (State) -- New York -- Citizen participation -- Case studies; Church and social problems -- New York (State) -- New York -- Case studies; Bronx (New York, N.Y.) -- Social conditions -- Case studies; Organisation communautaire -- New York (État) -- New York -- Études de cas; Logement -- Politique gouvernementale -- New York (État) -- New York -- Participation des citoyens -- Études de cas; Église et problèmes sociaux -- New York (État) -- New York -- Études de cas; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- City Planning & Urban Development; Church and social problems; Community organization; Housing policy -- Citizen participation; Social conditions; New York (State) -- New York; New York (State) -- New York -- Bronx; Gemeinwesenarbeit; Wohnungsbau; New York- Bronx; Case studies