Positioning itself against arguments that claim that the Model Cities program (initially known as the 1966 Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act) was either an unmitigated failure, an attempt to co–opt activists, or an effort to introduce the “carceral state” nationwide, this paper examines the implementation of Model Cities in a historically integrated suburb and argues that while the program was assuredly only a “limited success,” it did provide both funding and social space in which residents could forge intergenerational and cross–racial alliances, as well as launch challenges to federal urban renewal policy and notions of community control. As such, this case is illustrative of the role of federal monies in responding to urban dislocation and unrest, and exemplifies the ways in which urban residents can forge bonds of solidarity even in the face of bureaucratic regulations and political obstructions meant to discourage citizen participation.

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“进步与完美”：纽瓦克阴影下的城市政策、模范城市和社区控制

反对声称模范城市计划（最初称为 1966 年示范城市和大都会发展法案）要么是彻底的失败，要么是试图拉拢积极分子，要么是在全国范围内引入“监狱国家”的努力，本文考察了示范城市在历史悠久的综合郊区的实施情况，并认为虽然该计划肯定只是“有限的成功”，但它确实提供了资金和社会空间，居民可以在其中建立代际和跨种族的联盟，以及作为对联邦城市更新政策和社区控制概念的发起挑战。因此，这个案例说明了联邦资金在应对城市混乱和动乱方面的作用，