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Peer reviewedO'Connor, Alice – Journal of Urban History, 1996
Describes the process by which experimental Ford Foundation programs designed to stem the urban crisis evolved into more narrowly constructed interventions to reform service delivery systems and alleviate poverty in inner-city neighborhoods. Related themes are highlighted and limitations caused by problems of institutional constraints, political…
Descriptors: Community Action, Economic Development, History, Inner City
