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Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2017. Paperback. 293p., wraps, 6x8.75 inches, illus., very good condition. "[T]he work of maintaining parks has intersected with broader trends in welfare reform, civil engagement, criminal justice, and the rise of public-private partnerships...Who Cleans the Park? asks difficult questions about who benefits from public work, ultimately forcing us to think anew about the way we govern ourselves, with implications beyond the five boroughs.
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Who Cleans the Park?: Public Work and Urban Governance in New York City Paperback - 2017
by John Krinsky; Maud Simonet
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- Title Who Cleans the Park?: Public Work and Urban Governance in New York City
- Author John Krinsky; Maud Simonet
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Paperback
- Pages 288
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Chicago Press
- Date 2017
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
- ISBN 9780226435589 / 022643558X
- Weight 0.9 lbs (0.41 kg)
- Dimensions 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.8 in (22.61 x 14.99 x 2.03 cm)
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- Demographic Orientation: Urban
- Geographic Orientation: New York
- Locality: New York, N.Y.
- Library of Congress subjects Parks - New York (State) - New York -, Parks - Maintenance - New York (State) - New
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2016034613
- Dewey Decimal Code 333.783
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Paperback / softback. New. America's public parks are in a golden age. Hundreds of millions of dollars both public and private fund urban jewels like Manhattan's Central Park. Keeping the polish on landmark parks and in neighborhood playgrounds alike means that the trash must be picked up, benches painted, equipment tested, and leaves raked. Bringing this often-invisible work into view, however, raises profound questions for citizens of cities. In Who Cleans the Park? John Krinsky and Maud Simonet explain that the work of maintaining parks has intersected with broader trends in welfare reform, civic engagement, criminal justice, and the rise of public-private partnerships. Welfare-to-work trainees, volunteers, unionized city workers (sometimes working outside their official job descriptions), staff of nonprofit park "conservancies," and people sentenced to community service are just a few of the groups who routinely maintain parks. With public services no longer being…
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