Browsing W&L Shepherd Program for the Interdisciplinary Study of Poverty and Human Capability by Subject "Community development"
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City on the Brink: Economic and Community Development in Camden, NJ
Today people know Camden, NJ as one of the poorest and most dangerous cities in America. It has a population of 80,000 people with an unemployment rate of 10.1% and for those over the age of 25 only 50% graduated from high ... -
Community Empowerment: Mural Arts Philadelphia's Community Muralism Process and Product
This paper examines community muralism as an instance of community empowerment, specifically through a case study of Philadelphia's mural program. The program is called Mural Arts Philadelphia (MAP) and was founded in 1984 ... -
Policy Reform Proposal: China's Hukou System
Hukou is a household registration system that categorizes every citizen as “agricultural (rural)” or “non-agricultural (urban)” and bans the movement into different regions (Meng, 2012). Although its restriction on migration ... -
Structural Isolation of the Poor in Urban America
In this paper, I explore the reasons for which concentrated poverty is a consequence of the social, political, and market mechanisms at work in urban America. I then highlight the negative effects that result from living ... -
The Zuckerberg Effect: A Case Study in Community and Educational Reform in Newark, New Jersey
This paper first establishes the educational and attainment gaps in Newark in comparison to the rest of New Jersey, and then articulates the complementary issues from outside the classroom and in the community. These gaps ...