COMMUNITY SCHOOLS: PLANNING SPACE FOR DEMOCRACY AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT A Thesis Presented for the Master of Science in Planning Degree The University of Tennessee‚ Knoxville Jamey L. Dobbs May 2001 Dedication I dedicate this thesis to my daughters‚ Jessica and Caitlin‚ who have inspired me to achieve miraculous things. Let this thesis remind you that miracles are within your reach‚ too.
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Gentrification often leads to a decline in social capital and civil engagement in targeted communities. Can gentrification instead improve the social capital and the civic engagement in a given community? Gentrification lowers the social capital and civil engagement in disinvested and established communities. The decline is a consequence that results from breaking up those established communities; members of the established communities leave as their properties are purchased and the new occupants
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CHAPTER IMPROVEMENT OF CONTENT OF- EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENTOF ABILITY (1) Moral Education in Japan Recently‚ in elementary and lower secondary schools‚ much effort has been made in Japan to accomplish the aims of moral education‚ by requiring separate scheduled hours for moral education. The purposes of moral education are shown in the following summary of general principles established in the Course of Study issued by the Ministry of Education. Moral education aims to develop a Japanese
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Studying the Equality of Condition In his book “democracy in America”‚ Alexis de Tocqueville provides a thorough study of the equality of condition as a distinctive feature of the democratic America and discusses some of the consequences it might have. He begins his writing by introducing the reader that during his stay in America the equality of condition struck his attention the most. In America‚ the democracy has reached another level that has never been seen before or experienced in any of
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The Principles for Government A government is the system by which a state or community is governed. In the case of its broad definition‚ government normally consists of legislative‚ executive and judicial. Government is the means by which state policy is enforced‚ as well as the mechanism for determining the policy of the state. A form of government‚ or form of state governance‚ refers to the set of political systems and institutions that make up the organization of a specific government.
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who calls themself an “American” should‚ and have‚ an obligation to reciprocate a small portion of themself back to society. American individualism‚ although one of our greatest and defining traits‚ has progressively helped to shadow our image of civic duty and what it means to be an American: free. In America‚ citizens strive to be individuals. Most persons favor someone who can take care of themself‚ but not everyone can take care of everything alone. At some point in an individual’s life‚ they
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land on one hand the a steep fall of agricultural production on the other. Lots of wastes created by humans have spoilt the landscape and urban areas are under immense stress due to over congestion. Civic bodies in urban areas are under hard pressure to manage civic amenities and improper management of civic facilities is sure to endanger the community life. The
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above core beliefs is the overall general decline in social trust among the Xers whether it be fellow citizens‚ elected officials or in established institutions. Halstead refers to Alexis de Tocqueville’s theory to back up his framing of the weakening civic responsibilities of Generation
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where there is declining social capital‚ there is worsening social isolation. However‚ new studies have contradicted findings toward the previous researchers. According to Rankin and Quane’s experiment in ghetto community‚ people still have active civic engagement with low social capital. In this condition‚ besides social capital‚ there are other factors that promote people’s engagement in the community activities. Therefore‚ in extreme poor neighborhood‚ social
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display the seasons of the year and was commissioned by a merchant in Antwerp for his own personal collection. The Harvesters has a civic intention‚ being a part of a community‚ and uses artistic detail to create scenery a person can identify with and become a part of. Studying the painting helps identify the subtle detail that strengthen an argument for the civic purpose of the painting. To begin the analysis‚ there appears to be two separate portions of the piece divided by a line created through
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