The new urban leaders / Joyce A. Ladner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ladner, Joyce A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urban renewal--United States--Case studies.

Urban renewal.

Inner cities--United States--Case studies.

Inner cities.

Civic leaders--United States.

Civic leaders.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (167 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Some of today's best urban leaders don't work for the government--they can be found in nonprofit organizations that serve the working class and poor populations. Based on interviews conducted in major cities including Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, San Francisco, Washington D.C., and New York, this study focuses on exceptional leaders who have developed effective solutions to the complex problems of our inner cities, including education, economic development, and community safety. The book includes profiles of innovators such as Robert Woodson, founder of the Washington, D.C. based National Center for Neighborhood Enterprise, whose work on affordable housing, gang violence, and black entrepreneurship earned a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship (the "genius" award); MacArthur Fellowship and Heinz Prize winner Bob Moses, founder of the Algebra Project that prepares low-income students for joining today's technology-dominated workforce; Rheedlen Center head Geoff Canada, who received the Heinz Prize for his "anti-violence among youth" work; and Reverend Eugene Rivers, one of the founders of the Ten-Point Coalition that helped to reduce gang violence in Boston. The New Urban Leadership investigates how and why expert problem solvers chose their career paths, what qualities make them especially successful in their work, and the methods they use to train the next generation of urban leaders.

Contents:

1. The legacy of the past

2. Kent Amos

3. Robert Moses

4. Eugene Rivers

5. Defining moments and other influences

6. The internal change strategy

7. Promising practices : four case studies

8. Looking to the future.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780815798682

0815798687

OCLC:

70727133