Review of Hillel Schmid, Neighborhood Self-Management: Experiments in Civil Society

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In this volume, Professor Hillel Schmid of the Hebrew University describes and analyzes an attempt to establish neighborhood-based mechanisms that will serve as representatives and service coordinators to local residents. The experiment took place in Jerusalem, the capital of Israel. Israel is too often given negative press in the media where three monotheistic religions see home and heritage. Yet, it is important to remember that it is also a place where some 600-700,000 people work, live, and consume municipal services. Chapter 5 describes Jerusalem in such a perspective and would be of interest to many readers, even those who are not concerned with community practice and civil society issues. In the early 1990s, the city integrated two groups that served the residents interests: community centers and neighborhood self-management into a joint body called "community council."

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2003-01-01
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Reprinted from Journal of Community Practice: Organizing, Planning, Development, and Change, Volume 11, Issue 1, 2003, pages 121-123. Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J125v11n01_08
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