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Concentrated Poverty And Community Development: A Look At How Upstate South Carolina Municipalities Address Issues Of Distressed Neighborhoods, Anna Brown
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America is known to be a place where there are opportunities to move in and out of social and economic classes. What about people that live in an area of concentrated poverty? Typically, residents of a neighborhood where 20 to 40 percent of the population lives at or below poverty face extreme barriers to these opportunities for a better life. Historically, government at the local, state and federal level have attempted to solve or at least assist these issues of distressed neighborhoods, particularly through what is known as community development. By having more local knowledge, municipal governments have first hand …
Michelle Thompson, Assistant Professor Of Planning And Urban Studies, Was Quoted In The New Orleans City Business Article “Data Processors Want Standard In Collecting Road Home Info.” Note: Content Is For Subscribers Only., Michelle Thompson
Michelle M. Thompson
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Michelle Thompson, Assistant Professor Of Planning And Urban Studies, Was Quoted In The New Orleans City Business Article “Data Processors Want Standard In Collecting Road Home Info.” Note: Content Is For Subscribers Only., Michelle Thompson
Michelle M. Thompson
No abstract provided.
Michelle Thompson, Assistant Professor Of Planning And Urban Studies, Appeared Live On Wwl-Tv’S Eyewitness Morning News To Discuss The New Website Whodata.Org., Michelle Thompson
Michelle Thompson, Assistant Professor Of Planning And Urban Studies, Appeared Live On Wwl-Tv’S Eyewitness Morning News To Discuss The New Website Whodata.Org., Michelle Thompson
Michelle M. Thompson
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Whodata.Org, The Website Project Of The Uno Planning And Urban Studies Department, Was Featured In The Times-Picayune Article “New Orleans Blight Websites Get Varied Responses From City Hall.”, Michelle Thompson
Michelle M. Thompson
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Michelle Thompson, Assistant Professor Of Planning And Urban Studies, Was Quoted In The Times-Picayune Story “Website Tracks Neighborhood Recovery In N.O.”, Michelle Thompson
Michelle Thompson, Assistant Professor Of Planning And Urban Studies, Was Quoted In The Times-Picayune Story “Website Tracks Neighborhood Recovery In N.O.”, Michelle Thompson
Michelle M. Thompson
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Michelle Thompson, Assistant Professor Of Planning And Urban Studies, Was Interviewed Live On The Fox 8 Morning News To Discuss The Launch Of The Website Whodata.Org., Michelle Thompson
Michelle Thompson, Assistant Professor Of Planning And Urban Studies, Was Interviewed Live On The Fox 8 Morning News To Discuss The Launch Of The Website Whodata.Org., Michelle Thompson
Michelle M. Thompson
No abstract provided.
Michelle Thompson, Assistant Professor Of Planning And Urban Studies, Was Quoted In The The Times-Picayune Article “Whodata.Org Allows New Orleans Residents To Track Recovery In Their Neighborhoods”, Michelle Thompson
Michelle M. Thompson
No abstract provided.
Urban League Of Central Carolinas – Civil Rights Organizations In A New Era: An Action Research Study Of One Organization’S Pursuit Of New Strategies, Harry L. Alston
Urban League Of Central Carolinas – Civil Rights Organizations In A New Era: An Action Research Study Of One Organization’S Pursuit Of New Strategies, Harry L. Alston
Antioch University Full-Text Dissertations & Theses
What leadership approaches and operational strategies should traditional civil rights organizations, like the Urban League, undertake to in this post-civil rights era? Specifically at the local level, what expectations must the Urban League of Central Carolinas satisfy to reassert its leadership in Charlotte? In recent years, an increasing array of social enterprises across different sectors has emerged to address failures in civil society. Civil rights organizations have long served a niche in the battle for an equitable society. However, the role of civil rights organizations in community revitalization has been diffuse and subject to fundraising constraints. I undertook this action …
The Illusion Of Capitalism In Contemporary Sub-Saharan Africa: A Case Study Of The Gambia, Colin C. Williams
The Illusion Of Capitalism In Contemporary Sub-Saharan Africa: A Case Study Of The Gambia, Colin C. Williams
Colin C Williams
Purpose – This paper aims to evaluate critically the meta-narrative that there is no alternative to capitalism. Building upon an emerging body of post-structuralist thought that has begun deconstructing this discourse in relation to western economies and post-Soviet societies, this paper further extends this critique to Sub-Saharan Africa by investigating the degree to which people in the Gambia rely on the capitalist market economy for their livelihood. Reporting the results of 80 household face-to-face interviews (involving over 500 people), the finding is that only a small minority of households in contemporary Gambian society rely on the formal market economy alone …
Rethinking The Nature Of Community Economies: Some Lessons From Post-Soviet Ukraine, Colin C. Williams
Rethinking The Nature Of Community Economies: Some Lessons From Post-Soviet Ukraine, Colin C. Williams
Colin C Williams
This paper contributes to a small but growing body of thought that has questioned the hegemony of capitalism by revealing the persistence of multifarious economic practices in everyday community economies. To further advance this school of thought, first, a conceptual framework is developed to map the diverse economic practices used by communities and second, this is applied through a survey of 600 households in Ukraine. The outcome is to reveal that just as multifarious economic practices prevailed under state socialism, the same applies in societies in transition to capitalism, suggesting that there are alternative futures for community economies beyond market …