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 is Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning at Tufts University. He is the author of The Politics of Black Empowerment, which received the Gustavus Myers Award for Best Book on... Click here for more information. |
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Welfare Reform and the Revitalization of Inner City Neighborhoods Welfare Reform and the Revitalization of Inner City Neighborhoods examines the institutional impact of welfare reform on community-based organizations. Unlike many studies that treat children and individuals of families as the units for analyzing the effects of public policy, Jennings uses a case-study approach involving three low-income neighborhoods in Massachusetts, which assesses the effects of welfare reform based on the neighborhood. The significance of Jennings’s work shows an inconsistency in the increasing call upon foundations and government for building social capital and civic participation as a response to problems faced by inner-city communities, as well as the institutional effects of welfare reform. Reviews "...Jennings offers important insights into race, social welfare policy, and the urban environment, and provides direction for future studies...." - Lionel KImble, Jr., University of Illinois at Springfield - Praise for Welfare Reform and the Revitalization of Inner City Neighborhoods “Relying heavily on the informed voice and experience of local social service providers and business owners, Jennings carefully documents that welfare reform has compromised the economic vitality, the delivery of social services, and the civic participation. That is, welfare reform has tattered the social fabric so critical to an improved life in poor neighborhoods, especially, he emphasizes, in low-income communities of color. This important exposé highlights still another highly problematic outcome of welfare reform. It convincingly concludes that welfare ‘reform’ harms urban revitalization, furthers the racialization of poverty, and weakens the social bonds that would strengthen the capacity of people to fight back.” —Mimi Abromowitz, Regulating the Lives of Women: Social Welfare Policy from Colonial Times to the Present Black American and Diasporic Studies
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