Building a Better Chicago : : Race and Community Resistance to Urban Redevelopment / / Teresa Irene Gonzales.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2021 English
• VerfasserIn: Gonzales, Teresa Irene,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Latina/o Sociology ; 17
• Physical Description: 1 online resource :; 31 b/w illustrations

How local Black and Brown communities can resist gentrification and fight for their interestsDespite promises from politicians, nonprofits, and government agencies, Chicago’s most disadvantaged neighborhoods remain plagued by poverty, failing schools, and gang activity. In Building a Better Chicago, Teresa Irene Gonzales shows us how, and why, these promises have gone unfulfilled, revealing tensions between neighborhood residents and the institutions that claim to represent them. Focusing on Little Village, the largest Mexican immigrant community in the Midwest, and Greater Englewood, a predominantly Black neighborhood, Gonzales gives us an on-the-ground look at Chicago’s inner city. She shows us how philanthropists, nonprofits, and government agencies struggle for power and control—often against the interests of residents themselves—with the result of further marginalizing the communities of color they seek to help. But Gonzales also shows how these communities have advocated for themselves and demanded accountability from the politicians and agencies in their midst. Building a Better Chicago explores the many high-stakes battles taking place on the streets of Chicago, illuminating a more promising pathway to empowering communities of color in the twenty-first century.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Introduction “This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things” -- 1 Àse (Mis)trust, Change Makers, and Leadership Development in Two Chicago Neighborhoods -- 2 A Seat at the Table The New Communities Program, Organizational Relationships, and Socialization into Community Development -- 3 “You Can’t Do It if You’re Mad, You Can Do It if You’re Organized” Leadership Development and the New Communities Program -- 4 “Teamwork to Make the Dream Work” -- Conclusion What’s Trust Got to Do with It? -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix A Methods -- Appendix B In- Depth Interview Protocol -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author