Neighborhood Development: Issues and Models.

Lenz, Thomas J.

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Publication Date: 1988

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Neighborhood Development: Issues and Models.

Lenz, Thomas J.

Social Policy, v18 n4 p24-30 Spr 1988

Argues that Neighborhood Development Organization (NDO) staffs and volunteers have a faulty understanding of the political economies of poor urban communities, and have adopted a free market orientation. Recommends an alternative "organizing-driven" model of community development. (FMW)

Descriptors: Business Responsibility, Community Action, Community Development, Economic Development, Economic Factors, Housing, Low Income Groups, Neighborhood Improvement, Political Power, Poverty Areas, Social Action, Social Responsibility, Urban Improvement, Urban Problems

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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