The Organization of Hope : Communities Planning Themselves.

Intro -- 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.

Analyzes the future of urban communities and presents models for community planning, taking into account different classes, ethnicities, and cultures.

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