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Comeback Cities shows how innovative, pragmatic tactics for ameliorating the nation's urban ills have produced results beyond anyone's expectations, reawakening America's toughest neighborhoods. In the past, big government and business working separately were unable to solve the inner city crisis. Today, a blend of public-private partnerships, grassroots nonprofit organizations, and a willingness to experiment characterize what is best among the new approaches to urban problem solving. Pragmatism, not dogma, has produced the charter-school movement and the police's new focus on "quality of life" issues. The new breed of big city mayors has welcomed business back into the city, stressed performance and results at city agencies, downplayed divisive racial politics, and cracked down on symptoms of social disorder. As a consequence, America's inner cities are becoming vital communities once again.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Society & culture: general Social groups

• Full title: Comeback Cities
• Subtitle: A Blueprint For Urban Neighborhood Revival
• Author: Tony Proscio, Paul Grogan
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320
• EAN: 9780813339528
• ISBN: 0813339529
• ID: 04725152
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Weight: 417 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 17 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. December 2001

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