Description: Further DetailsTitle: Inside NewarkCondition: NewSubtitle: Decline, Rebellion, and the Search for TransformationEAN: 9780813565712ISBN: 9780813565712Publisher: Rutgers University PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 07/09/2014Description: For decades, leaders in Newark, New Jersey, have claimed their city is about to return to its vibrant past. How accurate is this prediction? Is Newark on the verge of revitalization? Robert Curvin, who was one of New Jersey’s outstanding civil rights leaders, examines the city, chronicling its history, politics, and culture. Throughout the pages of Inside Newark, Curvin approaches his story both as an insider who is rooting for Newark and as an objective social scientist illuminating the causes and effects of sweeping changes in the city. Based on historical records and revealing interviews with over one hundred residents and officials, Inside Newark traces Newark’s history from the 1950s, when the city was a thriving industrial center, to the era of Mayor Cory Booker. Along the way, Curvin covers the disturbances of July 1967, called a riot by the media and a rebellion by residents; the administration of Kenneth Gibson, the first black mayor of a large northeastern city; and the era of Sharpe James, who was found guilty of corruption. Curvin examines damaging housing and mortgage policies, the state takeover of the failing school system, the persistence of corruption and patronage, Newark’s shifting ethnic and racial composition, positive developments in housing and business complexes, and the reign of ambitious mayor Cory Booker.Inside Newark reveals a central weakness that continues to plague Newark—that throughout this history, elected officials have not risen to the challenges they have faced. Curvin calls on those in positions of influence to work for the social and economic improvement of all groups and concludes with suggestions for change, focusing on education reform, civic participation, financial management, partnerships with agencies and business, improving Newark’s City Council, and limiting the term of the mayor. If Newark’s leadership can encompass these changes, Newark will have a chance at a true turnaround. Watch a video with Robert Curvin:Watch video now. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-d6zV2OQ8A).Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmAuthor: Robert CurvinGenre: Law & PoliticsBook Series: Rivergate Regionals CollectionISBN-10: 0813565715Item Width: 41mmItem Weight: 739gRelease Year: 2014 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Inside Newark
Title: Inside Newark
Subtitle: Decline, Rebellion, and the Search for Transformation
EAN: 9780813565712
ISBN: 9780813565712
Release Date: 07/09/2014
Release Year: 2014
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Series: Rivergate Regionals Collection
ISBN-10: 0813565715
Book Title: Inside Newark : Decline, Rebellion, and the Search for Transformation
Number of Pages: 320 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Topic: United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), Sociology / General, Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development, General, Economic Conditions, American Government / State
Publication Year: 2014
Item Height: 1.6 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Political Science, Social Science, Business & Economics, History
Item Weight: 26.1 Oz
Author: Robert Curvin
Item Length: 9 in
Book Series: Rivergate Regionals Collection
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Hardcover
