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The resilience of the settlement-house tradition in community development: a study of neighborhood centers in San Francisco

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  • Miu Chung Yan
  • Rick Sin

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It is argued that the contemporary urban community may have lost its capacity to deal with all kinds of challenges due to weakened solidarity among residents. Community practitioners have innovatively developed many new community development approaches in revitalizing communities by nurturing the solidarity and capacity of local residents. In this paper, based on the findings of a study of neighborhood centers in San Francisco, we trace the legacy of the community development tradition of the settlement house movement. The findings indicate that despite many obstacles inherent in the movement, these eight centers have been resiliently carrying on the tradition, continuing to actively engage in revitalizing and rebuilding the community by creatively integrating the service-delivery and direct-advocacy approaches.

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  • Miu Chung Yan & Rick Sin, 2011. "The resilience of the settlement-house tradition in community development: a study of neighborhood centers in San Francisco," Community Development, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 42(1), pages 106-124, January.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:comdev:v:42:y:2011:i:1:p:106-124
    DOI: 10.1080/15575330.2010.488740
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