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Empowered participation: reinventing urban democracy

Princeton University Press, 2009, p.x-x

2004 Princeton University Press ;ISBN: 9780691126081 ;ISBN: 0691115354 ;ISBN: 0691126089 ;ISBN: 9780691115351 ;ISBN: 1400835631 ;ISBN: 9781400835638 ;EISBN: 1400835631 ;EISBN: 9781400835638 ;DOI: 10.1515/9781400835638 ;OCLC: 593295817 ;LCCallNum: JS717.A2

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  • Title:
    Empowered participation: reinventing urban democracy
  • Author: Fung, Archon
  • Subjects: 1KBBNC ; American Government ; Case Studies ; Chicago ; Chicago (Ill.). Police Dept ; Chicago Public Schools ; Citizen Participation ; Crime ; Data ; Democracy ; Educational Change ; Educational Improvement ; Empowerment ; Governance ; Illinois ; Innovation ; JPP ; Law Enforcement ; Local ; Neighborhoods ; Police ; Policy Formation ; Political participation ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Principals ; Problem Solving ; Public Agencies ; Public Schools ; Safety ; Secondary schools ; Social Change ; Teachers ; Urban communities ; Urban life ; Urban Schools
  • Is Part Of: Princeton University Press, 2009, p.x-x
  • Description: Every month in every neighborhood in Chicago, residents, teachers, school principals, and police officers gather to deliberate about how to improve their schools and make their streets safer. Residents of poor neighborhoods participate as much or more as those from wealthy ones. All voices are heard. Since the meetings began more than a dozen years ago, they have led not only to safer streets but also to surprising improvements in the city's schools. Chicago's police department and school system have become democratic urban institutions unlike any others in America. Empowered Participationis the compelling chronicle of this unprecedented transformation. It is the first comprehensive empirical analysis of the ways in which participatory democracy can be used to effect social change. Using city-wide data and six neighborhood case studies, the book explores how determined Chicago residents, police officers, teachers, and community groups worked to banish crime and transform a failing city school system into a model for educational reform. The author's conclusion: Properly designed and implemented institutions of participatory democratic governance can spark citizen involvement that in turn generates innovative problem-solving and public action. Their participation makes organizations more fair and effective. Though the book focuses on Chicago's municipal agencies, its lessons are applicable to many American cities. Its findings will prove useful not only in the fields of education and law enforcement, but also to sectors as diverse as environmental regulation, social service provision, and workforce development.
  • Publisher: Princeton: Princeton University Press
  • Format: 306
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISBN: 9780691126081
    ISBN: 0691115354
    ISBN: 0691126089
    ISBN: 9780691115351
    ISBN: 1400835631
    ISBN: 9781400835638
    EISBN: 1400835631
    EISBN: 9781400835638
    DOI: 10.1515/9781400835638
    OCLC: 593295817
    LCCallNum: JS717.A2
  • Source: Education Resources Information Center (ERIC)
    Ebook Central Academic Complete
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