The Organization of Hope
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The Organization of Hope tells the stories of a Jewish community and a white ethnic community as they plan for their futures. Though they differ in class, ethnicity, and culture, they struggle with the same questions: What identity will hold their communities together? How can they plan for their communities' economic, social, and spiritual survival? The book analyzes the future of urban communities, and presents models for community planning.
Howell S. Baum is Professor in the Urban Studies and Planning Program at the University of Maryland, College Park. He is the author of Organizational Membership: Personal Development in the Workplace, also published by SUNY Press.
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Howell S. Baum is Professor in the Urban Studies and Planning Program at the University of Maryland, College Park. He is the author of Organizational Membership: Personal Development in the Workplace, also published by SUNY Press.
Content
Preface
PART 1. The Question of Community
1. Introduction
2. The Baltimore Jewish Community, The Associated, and Strategic Planning
3. Southeast Baltimore, the South East Community Organization, and Southeast Community Planning
4 Community, Identity, and Planning
PART 2. Setting Community Boundaries
5. Setting Jewish Community Boundaries: The Affiliated and the Unaffiliated
6. Permeable Southeast Boundaries: Dumping, Loss, and the Decline of Ethnicity
7. Establishing the Boundaries: Investing and Regenerating
PART 3. Defining Good Community Membership
8. Defining the Jewish Community and Good Membership: The Orthodox and the Non-Orthodox
9. The Orthodox, the Non-Orthodox, and Strategic Planning: The Case of Jewish Education
10. Consensus Decision Making
11. Defining Good Membership in Southeast Baltimore: Good-Heartedness, Homeownership, and the Problem of Race
12. Homeownership and Community Preservation
PART 4. Managing Resources
13. Resources in the Jewish Community: The Wealthy and the Nonwealthy
14. Setting Community Priorities
15. Other People's Money: The Challenges of Implementation in Southeast
PART 5 Continuing the Community
16. Continuing the Jewish Community: Older Generations and Younger Generations
17. Continuing the Southeast Community: Old-Timers, Newcomers, and Schools
PART 6 Community, Organizations, Planning, and the City
18. Community Identities
19. Community Organizations Planning for Community
20. Communities and the City
Notes
References
Index
