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This work examines the roles of mayors, council members and administrators in the American urban governmental process and seeks to identify ways to improve the performance of these key figures.

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction: Identity and Inner-City Youth -- Dimensions of Selfhood -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 1: Ethnicity and Gender in Theory and Practice: The Youth Perspective -- Shifting Meanings of Ethnicity -- Social Ethnicity -- Political Ethnicity and Conflicting Signals -- Labels of Ethnicity -- Youth Organizations -- Gender and Its Roles -- Culture and Gender -- Gender In Youth Organizations -- Situated Constructions -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2: Embedded Identities: Enabling Balance in Urban Contexts -- The City Level -- Neighborhoods -- Enabling Balance: Neighborhood-Based Organizations -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3: Dances of Identity: Finding an Ethnic Self in the Arts -- An Island In the Center -- A Little Bit of Old Europe-for Now -- A Web to Reach Out -- Dance as Expression and Involvement -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4: Gangs, Social Control, and Ethnicity: Ways to Redirect -- Mexican American Gangs -- African American Gangs -- Vietnamese American Gangs -- A Framework for Understanding Gangs: Multiple Marginality -- Street Realities as Socialization -- Social Control and the Gang Subculture -- Turning Gang Organization Around: Building on the Positives -- Innovating with Social Control -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5: Child Saving and Children's Cultures at Century's End -- 1950s Image and Ideology-and Beyond -- The Successful Voluntary Organization for Youth -- Identity Structures -- Superego Models of Leadership -- A Robust Peer Culture -- How Alike Are Children? -- Some Modest Recommendations -- References -- Chapter 6: Collaborate or Go It Alone? Tough Decisions for Youth Policy -- The Case for Collaboration -- The Case for Localized Options -- Factors That Affect Collaboration -- Tough Decisions for Youth Policy -- Acknowledgments

Paul Davidoff book of the year award from the Associated Collegiate Schools of Planning, 1990 "No planner, I predict, will be able to consider his education complete during the next decade or so who has not grappled vicariously with the dilemmas Krumholz faced." â€"Alan A. Altshuler, from the ForewordFrom 1969 to 1979, Cleveland's city planning staff under Norman Krumholz's leadership conducted a unique experiment in equity oriented planning. Fighting to defend the public welfare while also assisting the city's poorest citizens, these planners combined professional competence and p

Like other newcomers to American society, Haitians resettling in New York City have experienced conflicts over social identity and status. It is the contention of this article that Haitians express these conflicts in their controversies over language usage. The argument is presented through an analysis of a dispute over the primary language — Haitian Creole or French — to be used in the Catholic Mass conducted at a Brooklyn church. The language issue also serves as a vehicle for debate over leadership within the Haitian milieu and representation within American society.

Citizens, practitioners, scholars, and elected officials continue to debate the range of skills, policy areas, responsibilities, roles, values, and work habits forming the city manager's identity. This study develops detailed profiles of three city managers identified by their peers as the best in their respective states. Seven specific recommendations are offered providing a "more coherent image " of the city manager. These profiles serve as role models (a) guiding the education of city managers, (b) orienting elected officials to the city manager' job, (c) enhancing the public's understanding and acceptance of this leadership position, and (d) testing theories of council-manager government.

AbstractInner‐city communities represent a potentially lucrative market for corporate America. The keys to unlocking this potential include partnership based on mutual interest and benefit, and a business objective focused on building neighborhood self‐sufficiency.