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Acknowledgments; Contents; Chapter 1: Introduction; Notes; Chapter 2: Perspectives onßtheßMeaning ofßCommunity; Individualism andßCommunity: TheßAmerican Perspective; Place andßPeople; Ecosystems asßCommunities; Community, Civic Engagement, andßDemocracy; Bonding andßBridging Communities; Inequality, Class, andßCommunity; Race, Ethnicity, Diversity, andßCommunity; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 3: Assets ofßandßChallenges toßCommunities; Housing; Inclusive andßAffordable Housing; Home Ownership, Rental Housing, andßCommunity; Community Infrastructure; Food andßHealth; Safety.
Jobs andßFinancial SecurityFamilies andßCommunity; Education; Conclusion: Community asßanßAsset; Notes; Chapter 4: Strategies andßAgents ofßCommunity Well-Being; Strategies; Service andßVolunteerism; Advocacy; Community Development andßSocial Enterprise; Community Organizing; Politics; Research andßEducation; Deliberation andßParticipatory Democracy; Agents; Government; The For-Profit andßNon-Profit Sectors; Leadership; Media; Conclusion: Applying Principles toßPractice; Notes; Chapter 5: Case Studies inßCommunity.
Moving Out, Moving In, Building Up: Moving toßOpportunity, Hope VI, andßPromise NeighborhoodsResponses toßHomelessness; Health, Safety, andßIndividual Behavior; Community, Neighborhood Schools, andßSchool Choice; Vouchers forßLow-Income Families; Charter Schools; Magnet Schools andßGifted andßTalented Programs; Vocational Schools andßApprenticeships; Community Schools; Controlled Choice; What No School Can Do; Collective Impact: Lessons fromßMilwaukee; Twin Cities Light Rail: Inclusion; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 6: Learning Through Reflective Exercises andßCommunity Experience.
Community StudyLearning About Community Through Service; Social Services Access Exercise; Community andßtheßEnvironment; Citizen Lobbying Exercise; Community Transformation Exercise; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 7: Learning Objectives; Community's Multiple Dimensions; A Well-Functioning Community Is aßBalancing Act; The Importance ofßCivic Participation andßEngagement; The Importance ofßCommunity Itself; Notes; Index.
Jobs andßFinancial SecurityFamilies andßCommunity; Education; Conclusion: Community asßanßAsset; Notes; Chapter 4: Strategies andßAgents ofßCommunity Well-Being; Strategies; Service andßVolunteerism; Advocacy; Community Development andßSocial Enterprise; Community Organizing; Politics; Research andßEducation; Deliberation andßParticipatory Democracy; Agents; Government; The For-Profit andßNon-Profit Sectors; Leadership; Media; Conclusion: Applying Principles toßPractice; Notes; Chapter 5: Case Studies inßCommunity.
Moving Out, Moving In, Building Up: Moving toßOpportunity, Hope VI, andßPromise NeighborhoodsResponses toßHomelessness; Health, Safety, andßIndividual Behavior; Community, Neighborhood Schools, andßSchool Choice; Vouchers forßLow-Income Families; Charter Schools; Magnet Schools andßGifted andßTalented Programs; Vocational Schools andßApprenticeships; Community Schools; Controlled Choice; What No School Can Do; Collective Impact: Lessons fromßMilwaukee; Twin Cities Light Rail: Inclusion; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 6: Learning Through Reflective Exercises andßCommunity Experience.
Community StudyLearning About Community Through Service; Social Services Access Exercise; Community andßtheßEnvironment; Citizen Lobbying Exercise; Community Transformation Exercise; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 7: Learning Objectives; Community's Multiple Dimensions; A Well-Functioning Community Is aßBalancing Act; The Importance ofßCivic Participation andßEngagement; The Importance ofßCommunity Itself; Notes; Index.