Contents -- In Memory of Gale Cincotta -- Acknowledgments -- I. INTRODUCTION: THE ROUGH ROAD TO REINVESTMENT -- 2. WHERE THE HELL DID BILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR REINVESTMENT COME FROM? -- 3. GIVING BACK TO THE FUTURE: CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT AND COMMUNITY STABILIZATION IN MILWAUKEE -- 4. TAKING IT TO THE COURTS: LITIGATION AND THE REFORM OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- 5. FROM LIVING ROOMS TO BOARD ROOMS: SUSTAINABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP DEALS WITH BANKS AND INSURERS IN BOSTON -- 6. A CITYWIDE STRATEGY: THE PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT GROUP -- 7. FILLING THE HALF-EMPTY GLASS: THE ROLE OF COMMUNITY ADVOCACY IN REDEFINING THE PUBLIC RESPONSIBILITIES OF GOVERNMENT-SPONSORED HOUSING ENTERPRISES -- 8. FIGHTING PREDATORY LENDING FROM THE GROUND UP: AN ISSUE OF ECONOMIC JUSTICE -- 9. COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT IN A GLOBALIZING WORLD: TO HOLD BANKS ACCOUNTABLE, FROM THE BRONX TO BUENOS AIRES, BEIJING, AND BASEL -- 10. RESEARCH, ADVOCACY, AND COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT -- I I. THE ESSENTIAL ROLE OF ACTIVISM IN COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT -- 12. PROTEST, PROGRESS, AND THE POLITICS OF REINVESTMENT -- 13. EPILOCUE: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? -- About the Contributors -- Index.