The Return of the Neighborhood as an Urban Strategy

by Michael A. Pagano (Editor), Andy Clarno (Contribution by), Teresa Córdova (Contribution by), Nilda Flores-González (Contribution by), Pedro A Noguera (Contribution by)

Overview

In this new volume, Michael A. Pagano curates essays focusing on the neighborhood's role in urban policy solutions. The papers emerged from dynamic discussions among policy makers, researchers, public intellectuals, and citizens at the 2014 UIC Urban Forum. As the writers show, the greater the city, the more important its neighborhoods and their distinctions.

The topics focus on sustainable capital and societal investments in people and firms at the neighborhood level. Proposed solutions cover a range of possibilities for enhancing the quality of life for individuals, households, and neighborhoods. These include everything from microenterprises to factories; from social spaces for collective and social action to private facilities; from affordable housing and safety to gated communities; and from neighborhood public education to cooperative, charter, and private schools.

Contributors: Andy Clarno, Teresa Córdova, Nilda Flores-González, Pedro A. Noguera, Alice O'Connor, Mary Pattillo, Janet Smith, Nik Theodore, Elizabeth S. Todd-Breland, Stephanie Truchan, and Rachel Weber.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780252081415
Publisher:	University of Illinois Press
Publication date:	09/17/2015
Series:	The Urban Agenda
Edition description:	1st Edition
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Michael A. Pagano is Dean of the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs and professor of public administration at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). He is a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration, faculty fellow of UIC's Great Cities Institute, and editor of Metropolitan Resistance in a Time of Economic Turmoil and Technology and the Resilience of Metropolitan Regions.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments Michael A. Pagano vii

Part 1 Overview

"Neighborhoods Matter … Neighborhood Matters" Janet L. Smith 3

Part 2 White Papers

"Opportunity without Moving: Building Strong Neighborhoods Where People Can Stay If They Want To" Mary Pattillo 37

Discussant: "Restoring Neighborhoods to the Center: Alternative Mechanisms and Institutions" Teresa L. Córdova 64

"People and Places: Neighborhood as a Strategy of Urban Development from the Progressive Era to Today" Alice O'Connor 69

Discussant: "Varieties of Neighborhood Capitalism: Control, Risk, and Reward" Rachel Weber 102

"Cities, Schools, and Social Progress: The Impact of School Reform Policies on Low-Income Communities of Color" Pedro A. Noguera 107

Discussant: "The Janus-Faced Neighborhood School" Elizabeth S. Todd-Breland 133

"Migrant Civil Society and the Metropolitics of Belonging" Nik Theodore 139

Discussants: "Immigrant Civil Society and Incorporation in the Chicago Suburbs" Nilda Flores-González Andy Clarno Vanessa Guridy-Cerritos 159

Part 3 Synthesis and Recommendations

"Not Your Parents' Neighborhood: Tradition, Innovation, and the Changing Face of Community Development" Stephanie Truchan 167

"What's Next?" 186

List of Contributors 189

Editorial Reviews

"Connecting the history of urban renewal policy to the the present debates on immigration, school closings and economic mobility, The Return of the Neighborhood as an Urban Strategy provides compelling evidence on why neighborhoods are at the center of urban policy solutions."—Susana L. Vasquez, Executive Director, Local Initiatives Support Corporation Chicago

"Our neighborhoods are where the rubber meets the road in urban planning and economic growth. At a time when the federal government has never been more hyperpartisan and dysfunctional, our regions, cities, and neighborhoods have become the most critical engines of economic growth. More importantly, our neighborhoods have become the centers of hope for our future. The contributors to this book capture this new reality exceedingly well. It is a must read for those of us working daily to revitalize our cities and neighborhoods and to realize their full potential and promise."—Lee Fisher, President and CEO, CEOs for Cities


"Anyone involved in community and regional planning will treasure this collective exploration of neighborhoods and what makes them successful and vibrant. Mike Pagano offers out-of-the-box thinking to planners, decision makers and community and civic leaders who navigate a complex web of systems that converge at the neighborhood level."
—MarySue Barrett, President, Metropolitan Planning Council

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