National Politics and Charitable Choice as Urban Policy for Community Development
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9748804 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Georgia A Persons (Georgia Institute of Technology, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 594 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 65-78 |
| Publication date | 2004-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0002716204265250 |
| OpenAlex | W2123695929, W4229794919 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 24 |
The Faith-Based and Community Initiative (FBCI) constitutes a critical substitution of social policy as new urban policy. The faith-based initiative envisions a formalized role for local religious congregations in social services provision and the corresponding role of policy implementation. Both of these rather novel policy ideas raise a host of questions. This article seeks to provide an understanding of this policy initiative, its ideational origins, its real potential, and some of its limitations as an instrument of urban policy and community development. This article encompasses four objectives. First, it provides an overview discussion of the evolution of the U.S. urban policy context and the emergence of “stealth urban policies.” Second, it focuses on the philosophical and scholarly formulations that conceived of local congregations as alternative mechanisms for the provision of social welfare state services. Third, the discussion turns to some of the findings to date regarding the FBCI that point up its limitation as effective public policy for supporting community development in black neighborhoods. Finally, the discussion explores how the FBCI might be expanded to support a more effective role for religious organizations in urban community development. While this initiative includes temples, mosques, churches, and other religious organizations, this article focuses on churches
Community development · Context (archaeology · Epistemology · Faith · Geography · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public policy · Public relations · Social policy · Sociology · State (computer science · Urban planning · Urban policy · Urban politics · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Public Administration · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development
Las relaciones entre servicios sociales y políticas urbanas. Una revisión desde la evidencia
Faith and race
Prolonged Injustice in Urban America
The American Welfare State Decoded
The paradoxical consequences of the White House faith-based and community initiative for black churches
The Immigrant Church as an Urban Service Hub
Expressions of Charity and Action towards Justice
The Faith-Based Initiative in Comparative Perspective
New York Encounters
The undeserving poor
Support for the American welfare state
In the shadow of the poorhouse
The Truly Disadvantaged
Social policy, community service development, and religious organizations
The Black Church as a Support System for Black Elderly
To Empower People
Bowling Alone
The Black Church in the African American Experience
Dimensions of radical democracy
Faith in Politics
The characteristics of northern black churches with community health outreach programs
Tuning In, Tuning Out
Bowling Alone
Religious Congregations and Welfare Reform
| Citations per year | 0.45 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2006 - 2023 (18) |
| Highly cited | No |