Contested terrain: republican rhetoric pension funds, and community development

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This review dwells on political correctness of investing pension funds in community economic development projects. A plan based on public sector benefit programs consistent with the ideas of all the vested interests and yet protecting plan beneficiaries interests is presented.

United Kingdom, Economic aspects, Political activity, Economic policy, Pension funds, Socially responsible investments, Community development, United States. Department of Labor, Reich, Robert

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Differentiating multiple meanings of garden and community

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The authors contends that decision on how to enclose community gardens shape the role they play in urban neighborhoods. The author compares three community gardens in Minneapolis, Minnesota that differentiate between their social spaces.

United States, Research, Urban renewal, Urban beautification, Community gardens

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The politics and practice of community policing in Boston

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The concrete practices and rhetoric of community policing in Boston, Massachusetts, are discussed. Topics include Boston's Neighborhood Policing Program, the ideological function of community policing, and power relations.

Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts, Law enforcement officers, Police, Police officers

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