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This study deals with the effects of the neighborhood stabilization movement, which was formed to maintain community racial integration. It is the first socio-historical analysis of the movement. As Saltman discovered, it is easier to attain integration than to maintain it. The study sought to identify the factors that lead to success or failure in maintaining community racial integration. While it includes quantitative data, this work also reveals the feelings, hopes, and passion of the people involved in the struggle.
The book is divided into four parts. The first section deals with the methodological and analytical framework of the study, as well as offering perspectives on social movements in general and the neighborhood stabilization movement in particular. Part Two is an analysis of the movement on the community level in terms of its development and results. It presents five detailed case studies and ten brief profiles of urban and suburban movement efforts. In Part Three, the national level of the movement is discussed in terms of its development and its interaction with local movement organizations. The impact of the national climate on both levels and the movement as a whole is explored. Part Four outlines conclusions and policy implications of the study and offers a strategy for maintaining racial integration in urban neighborhoods.
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This book deals with the effects of the neighborhood stabilization movement, which was formed to maintain community racial integration. It is the first sociohistorical analysis of the movement. The book sought to identify the factors that lead to success or failure in maintaining community racial integration. While it includes quantitative data, this work also reveals the feelings, hopes, and passion of the people involved in the struggle.Recent Publications in Governmental Problems
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It's a wonderful book--fantastically well-researched, beautifully written, thoughtful, intelligent, with excellent concepts, insights, and ideas....And I have never, in any field, seen a book that combines half so well the objective eye of the scientist/observer with the caring concern of the participant/advocate.Jean Milgram Psychologist, civil rights activist Ex-Director of National Neighbors
Synopsis
This study deals with the effects of the neighborhood stabilization movement, which was meant to help maintain community racial integration. It is the first socio-historical analysis of the movement and the factors that lead to success or failure in maintaining community racial integration. Using case studies, it examines the impact of the movement on both the community and national levels and offers policy implications and a strategy for maintaining racial integration in urban neighborhoods based on the study's findings. While it includes quantitative data, this work also reveals the feelings and hopes of the people involved.
About the Author
JULIET SALTMAN is Professor Emerita of Sociology at Kent State University, Kent, Ohio.
Table of Contents
Preface
Perspectives
Analytical Framework
The Community Level
Model A: Success
Indianapolis: Butler-Tarkington Neighborhood Association
Rochester: Nineteenth Ward Community Association
Milwaukee: Sherman Park Community Association
Model B. Failure
Hartford: Blue Hills Civic Association
Model C. Conditional
Akron: West Side Neighbors
Profiles Across the Country, Models A and C
The National Level
Conclusions and Policy Implications
Appendixes
Bibliography
Index