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Expanding Comprehensiveness: Structural Racism and Community Building in the United States

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Since the settlement house movement of the early 1900s, government, philanthropic funders, not-for-profit local organizations and social scientists have shaped and sustained a wide variety of community revitalization initiatives across urban America.1 Over the years, these localized initiatives undeniably have improved the lives of many poor inner-city individuals and neighborhoods. Yet, on balance, they have done little to reduce the social and economic contrasts evident in many metropolitan areas.

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  1. Institute of Social Work and Applied Social Studies, Staffordshire University, UK

    John Pierson (Senior Lecturer) (Senior Lecturer)

  2. Housing and Community Research Unit, Staffordshire University, UK

    Joan Smith (Director) (Director)

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Lawrence, K. (2001). Expanding Comprehensiveness: Structural Racism and Community Building in the United States. In: Pierson, J., Smith, J. (eds) Rebuilding Community. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403919878_3

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