Claire Dunning

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Nonprofit Neighborhoods: An Urban History of Inequality and the American StateHardcover, 23 June 2022

Nonprofit Neighborhoods: An Urban History of Inequality and the American State
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Part of Series
Historical Studies of Urban America
Print Length
336 pages
Language
English
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Date Published
23 Jun 2022
ISBN-10
0226819906
ISBN-13
9780226819907

Description

An exploration of how and why American city governments delegated the responsibility for solving urban inequality to the nonprofit sector.

Nonprofits serving a range of municipal and cultural needs are now so ubiquitous in US cities, it can be difficult to envision a time when they were more limited in number, size, and influence. Turning back the clock, however, uncovers both an illuminating story of how the nonprofit sector became such a dominant force in American society, as well as a troubling one of why this growth occurred alongside persistent poverty and widening inequality. Claire Dunning's book connects these two stories in histories of race, democracy, and capitalism, revealing how the federal government funded and deputized nonprofits to help individuals in need, and in so doing avoided addressing the structural inequities that necessitated such action in the first place.

Nonprofit Neighborhoods begins after World War II, when suburbanization, segregation, and deindustrialization inaugurated an era of urban policymaking that applied private solutions to public problems. Dunning introduces readers to the activists, corporate executives, and politicians who advocated addressing poverty and racial exclusion through local organizations, while also raising provocative questions about the politics and possibilities of social change. The lessons of Nonprofit Neighborhoods exceed the bounds of Boston, where the story unfolds, providing a timely history of the shift from urban crisis to urban renaissance for anyone concerned about American inequality--past, present, or future.

Product Details

Author:
Claire Dunning
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
23 June 2022
Dimensions:
22.86 x 15.24 x 2.79 cm
Genre:
20th Century
ISBN-10:
0226819906
ISBN-13:
9780226819907
Language:
English
Pages:
336
Weight:
684.92 gm

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