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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Family-Centered Community Building: A National Curriculum

Fall 2001
Al Gore, Visiting Professor

This bibliography was developed to accompany a national curriculum being piloted at universities and colleges around the U.S. in 2001. The course is an outcome of the national family policy initiative, entitled Family Re-Union, which began in 1991. Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore is teaching the course, which incorporates nationally known experts as guest lecturers, including Martha Farrell Erickson from the University of Minnesota and Neal Halfon from UCLA.

I. Overview and History

  • Walter CL. 1997. Community Building Practice: A Conceptual Framework. In: M. Minkler, Community Organizing and Community Building for Health. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.

  • Kretzmann JP, McKnight JL. 1993. Building Communities from the Inside Out: A Path Toward Finding and Mobilizing a Community's Assets, IL: Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research, Neighborhood Innovations Network, Northwestern University.

II. Definitions, Concepts, and Assumptions about Families and Communities as Complex Systems

  • Bronfenbrenner, U. 1974. Developmental research, public policy, and the ecology of childhood. Child Development, 45, 1-5.

  • Keating, D.P., Hertzman, C. 1999. Modernity’s paradox. In D.P. Keating & C. Hertzman, Developmental Health and the Wealth of Nations, (pp. 1-19). Guilford Press.

  • Bronfenbrenner, U., & Morris, P. A. 1998. The ecology of developmental process. In W. Damon (Series Ed.) & R. M. Lerner (Vol. Ed.), Handbook of child psychology: Vol. 1 Theoretical models of human development (5th ed., pp. 993-1028). New York: Wiley.

  • Garbarino, J. 1995. Growing up in a socially toxic environment: Life for children and families in the 1990s. In G. B. Melton, et al. (Eds.), The individual, the family, and social good: Personal fulfillment in times of change. Nebraska Symposium on Motivation (Vol. 42, pp. 1-20). Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press.

  • Pittman, K. 1996. Community, youth, development: Three goals in search of connection. New Designs for Youth Development, Winter, 4-8

III. Family Formation and Community Connections

  • Shonkoff JP, Philips DA. 2000. Introduction. From Neurons to Neighborhoods. The Science of Early Childhood Development. Washington, DC: National Academy Press. pps. 19-38.

  • Zuckerman B, Kahn R. 2000. Pathways to Early Child Health and Development. In: Danziger S, Waldfogel J (Eds.) Securing the Future: Investing in Children from Birth to College. New York: Russell Sage Foundation. pps. 87-121.

  • Halfon N, Gonzalez R, Hochstein M. 1999. Building Bridges for California’s Young Children: A 12-Point Agenda to Enhance Proposition 10. California Policy Research Center.

  • Erickson M, Kurz-Riemer K. 1999. Infants, Toddlers, and Families. New York: Guildford Press.

IV. Education and Learning

  • Adelman H. S, Taylor L. 1999. Addressing barriers to student learning – Systemic changes at all levels. Theme issues. Reading and Writing Quarterly. 15(4):251-254.

  • Schorr L. B. 1997. Common purpose: Strengthening families and neighborhoods to rebuild America. Introduction. New York: Anchor Press

V. Youth Development

  • Damon, W. 1997. The youth charter: How communities can work together to raise standards for all our children. New York: The Free Press.

  • Lerner, R. M. 2000. Developing civil society through the promotion of positive youth development. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 21, 48-49.

  • Sampson, R. J. 2000. The Neighborhood Context of Investing in Children: Facilitating Mechanisms and Undermining Risks. In: Danziger S, Waldfogel J (Eds.) Securing the Future: Investing in Children from Birth to College. New York: Russell Sage Foundation. pps. 205-230.

  • Scales, P., Benson, P., Leffert, N., & Blyth, D. A. 2000. The contribution of developmental assets to the prediction of thriving among adolescents. Applied Developmental Science, 4, 27-46.

  • Yates, M., & Youniss, J. 1996. Community service and political-moral identity in adolescents. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 6 (3), 271-284.

VI. Balancing Work and Family

  • Heyman, J. (.Ed.) 2000. The Widening Gap: Why American working families are in jeopardy and what can be done about it. New York: Basic Books. “Overview”, pp 1-14.

  • Kamerman SB, Kahn AJ. 1997. “Introduction” and "United States”, in Kamerman and Kahn, eds. Family Change and Family Policies in Britain, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States. Oxford, Eng.: Oxford University Press.

  • Gornick, JC, Meyers M. 2001. “Support for Working Families: What the United States Can Learn From Europe”, in The American Prospect. Special Report on Children and Families. January 1-15, pp 3-7.

  • Shirk, M., Bennett, N., and Aber, J.L. 1999. Lives on the Line: American Families and the Struggle to Make Ends Meet. Chapter 5 (Louisville, Kentucky). Boulder, CO: Westview Press.

  • Fredriksen-Goldsen, KI, and Scharlach AE. 2001. “Family Care and Work,” “Child Care and the Work Place,” “Adult Care and the Work Place,” and “Conceptual Perspectives on Family Care and Work,” in Families and Work: New Directions in the Twenty-First Century. New York: Oxford University Press.

VII. Intergenerational Families and Communities

  • Tierney J. 1999. The Aging Opportunity. In: Freedman M. Prime Time: How Baby-Boomers Will Revolutionize Retirement and Transform America. New York, NY: Public Affairs Inc. Chapter 1, pps. 1-31.

  • The Boomers are Coming: Challenges of Aging in the New Millennium. Hearing before the Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate, One Hundred Sixth Congress. First Session, Washington, DC, November 8, 1999. Serial No. 106-20

  • Torres-Gil FM, Putnam M. 1999. The Growing Pains of Aging: Disability, Aging and Baby Boomers. Healthy Aging: Challenges and Solutions. Aspen Publishers. Chapter 18, pps. 261-283.

  • Eheart, B. 2001. “From Despair to Care: A Journey of the Old and the Young at Hope Meadows,” in Children and Youth Services Review, Vol. 23, Nos.9/10.

VIII. Health and Wellness

  • Durch JS, Bailey LA, Stoto MA. 1997. Executive Summary. Improving Health in the Community. Role of Performance Monitoring. Washington, DC: National Academy of Press. pps. 1-23.

  • Patrick DL, Wickizr TM. 1995. Community and Health. In: Amik BC, Levine S, Tarloff AR, Walsh DC (Eds.) Society and Health. New York: Oxford University Press. pps. 46-92.

  • Schor EL, Menaghan EG. Family Pathways for Children’s Health. In: Amik BC, Levine S, Tarloff AR, Walsh DC (Eds.) Society and Health. New York: Oxford University Press. Page 18-45.

  • Minkler M, Wallerstein N. 1997. Improving Health Through Community Organization and Community Building: A Health Education Perspective. In: M. Minkler, Community Organizing and Community Building for Health. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.

IX. Behavioral and Mental Health

  • Fine, Paul M. 1998. Families and the Mental Health System for children and adolescents: Policy, service, and research.

  • Merva M, Fowles R. 2000. “Economic Outcomes and Mental Health,” In: R Marshall (ed.), Back to Shared Prosperity: The Growing Inequality of Wealth and Income in America. New York: ME Sharpe, Inc.

X. Public Safety

  • Sampson RJ, Raudenbush SW, Earls F. 1997. Neighborhoods and violent crimes: A multilevel study of collective efficacy. Science. 277:918-924.

  • Reiss AJ, Roth, JA. 1993. Understanding and Preventing Violence. Washington, DC: National Academy of Press (pps. 2-27).

  • The Urban Seminar Series on Children’s Health and Safety. May 2000. Youth Violence in Urban Communities. Cambridge, MA: Joblessness and Urban Poverty Research Program.

XI. Livable Communities

  • Barnett j. 1982. Zoning, Mapping, and Urban Renewal as Urban Design Techniques. New York: Harper and Row. Pp. 57-75.

  • Carson R. 1994. Silent Spring. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

  • Duany A., Plater-Zyberk E., Speck J. 2000. Suburban Nation. New York: North Point Press. Chapters 1-3.

  • Jacobs J. 1993. Death and Life of Great American Cities. Vintage Books. Chapters 1-3.

  • Jacobs A. 1985. Looking at Cities. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. Pp. 30-83 and 99-107.

XII. Housing and Transportation

  • Clay, Phillip L., 1994: “The (Un) Housed City: Racial Patterns of Segregation, Housing Quality and Affordability”, in The Metropolis in Black & White Place, Power and Polarization, edited by George C. Galster and Edward W. Hill, Center for the Urban Poicy Research, Rutgers, New Jersey, pp.93-108

  • Grigsby, J. Eugene, 1994: “Residential Apartheid: Removing the Barriers”, in Residential Apartheid: The American Legacy, edited by Rober D. Bullard, J. Eugene Grigsby, III, Charles Lee, CAAS Urban Policy Series, Volume 2, University of California, Los Angeles, pp287-295.

  • Clay, Phillip L., 1994: “New Directions in Housing Policy for African-Americans”, in The Metropolis in Black & White Place, Power and Polarization, edited by Georege C. Galster and Edward W. Hill, Center for the Urban Policy Research, Rutgers, New Jersey, pp. 258-270.

  • Clark, William A.V., 1996: “Housing and the Life Course”, in Households and Housing Choice and Outcomes in the Housing Market, by William A.V. Clark and Frans M. Dieleman, Center for Urban Policy Research, New Brunswick, New Jersey, pp.22-39

  • Varady, David P., Walker, Carol C., 2000: “Vouchering Out Distressed Subsidized Developments: does Moving Lead to Improvements in Housing and Neighborhood Conditions?”, Housing Policy Debate, Volume 11, Issues 1, Fannie Mae Foundation, Washington, D.C., pp.115-163.

  • Vuchic, Vukan. 1999. Transportation for Livable Cities, Center for Urban Policy Research, Rutgers, New Jersey.

  • Garcia, Robert. Fall 2000. “Mean Streets,” Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy, pps. 75-81.

  • National Neighborhood Coalition. 2000. Smart Growth, Better Communities, pps. 91-100. (case study of Bethel New Life’s transit-oriented development project)

XIII. Family and Community Finances

  • Marshal R. 2000. Back to Shared Prosperity: The Growing Inequality of Wealth and Income in America (pp. 3-55). New York: ME Sharpe, Inc.

  • Wolff EN. 2001. “Recent Trends in the Distribution of Household Wealth,” in R Marshal (ed), Back to Shared Prosperity: The Growing Inequality of Wealth and Income in America (pp. 57-63). New York: ME Sharpe, Inc.

  • Faux J. 2001. “Public Investment for a Twenty-first Century Economy,” in Marshal (ed), Back to Shared Prosperity: The Growing Inequality of Wealth and Income in America (pp. 211-218). New York: ME Sharpe, Inc.

XIV. Strategic Communications, the Media, and Public Will

  • Lippmann, Walter. 1921. Public Opinion. New York: The Free Press. Selected chapters.

  • Lynd, R. (1939). Summary of discussions of the communications seminar, November 24, 1939. Rockefeller Archive Center, John Marshall Collection, Folder 2678, Box 224.

  • Gilliam, F.D., Jr, and S. N. Bales (2001) “Strategic Frame Analysis: Reframing America’s Youth.” Social Policy Report 15, 3:2-24.

  • Gilliam, F.D., Jr. and S. Iyengar. 2000 “Prime Suspects: The Impact of Local Television News on Attitudes about Crime and Race,” American Journal of Political Science 44, 3: 560-573.

  • Bales, S. N. 1999 “Reframing Community Messages through Myths and Metaphors,” FrameWorks Message Memo, (Washington, D. C.: FrameWorks Institute).

  • Snow, D., Rochford, E. B., Jr., Worden, S. K., & Benford, R. (1986). Frame alignment processes, micromobilization, and movement participation. American Sociological Review, 51, 464-81.

XV. Mapping and Measuring Change

  • Krouk D, Pitkin B, Richman N. 2000. Internet-Based Neighborhood Information Systems: A Comparative Analysis. In: Gurstein M. (Ed.) Community Informatics: Enabling Community Uses of Information Technology. Hershey, PA: Idea Group Publishing.

  • Toy, A, Richman, N (2002) “Living Independently in Los Angeles (LILA): Lessons for Establishing a Community Information System Built for and by Disabled Persons. Paper to be presented at the Hawaii International Conference on Systems Science January 7-10.

  • U.S. Department of Commerce, National Telecommunications and Information Agency. 2000. Information as a Community Asset: Neighborhood Knowledge Los Angeles and Appalachian Center for Economic Networks. In: Community Connections: Preserving Local Values in the Information Age.

 

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