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This study compares the ability of community development corporations to mobilize residents of low income neighborhoods to participate in redevelopment efforts. The evidence and argument show that community development corporations have not been more successful than other types of community-based organizations in (1) the degree to which organizational leadership has been recruited from the neighborhood; (2) the type of control exercised by residents over redevelopment policy, and; (3) the degree of fiscal autonomy achieved by the organization. The policy ramifications of the findings are discussed and analyzed.
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Cummings, S., Glaser, M. Neighborhood participation in community development: A comparison of strategic approaches. Popul Res Policy Rev 4, 267–287 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00146657
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