Author Description

A bias for practice: stories of improvisation in governance -- Challenges and opportunities of street level democratization, improvisation and conflict -- Conflict as a stage for improvisation in governance -- Developing vision to inform demolition and renovation in Vlardingen's housing association: a profile of Ellen Hiep -- From "oh my God, this is really great. Now I know what to do!" to launching small initiatives, going step by step: a profile of Simen van der Goot -- "And no one, no one, wants to be denied": community rebuilding after disaster: a profile of Joop Hofman -- The significance of building relationships in neighbourhood work: a profile of Willem Giezeman -- Community building in the face of distrust: a profile of Tonie Boxman -- The evolution of the Amsterdam think tanks: a profile of Mercedes Zandwijken -- Social imagination and community development: a profile of Frans Geraedts -- On radicalization and social cohesion: the city of Amsterdam's responses to the murder of Theo van Gogh seen through the eyes of Marian Visser and Joris Rijbroek -- Challenges of immigration, radicalization, and integration: a profile of Halime el Madkouri -- On conflict, community and governance: a profile of Martien Kuitenbrouwer -- Managing multiple agency collaboration and "multi-problem families" in Amsterdam: a profile of Erik Gerritsen -- There's always a way out, and finding it together: a profile of Henri Kardaun -- Learning about how we might work better than we do: a profile of Karin van Doorn -- Making participation work: seeing new angles and other possibilities: a profile of Douwe Wielenga