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Community Builders: A Tale of Neighborhood Mobilization
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- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- ISBN
- 9781566394093
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Temple University Press
ISBN-10
1566394090
ISBN-13
9781566394093
eBay Product ID (ePID)
204706
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
357 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Community Builders : a Tale of Neighborhood Mobilization in Two Cities
Subject
United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), Sociology / General, Real Estate / General, Development / General, Sociology / Urban
Publication Year
1996
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Social Science, Business & Economics, History
Series
Conflicts in Urban and Regional Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
23.5 Oz
Item Length
9.8 in
Item Width
5.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
95-033292
Dewey Edition
20
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
307.3/362
Table Of Content
List of Tables and MapsAcknowledgments1. Introduction: Economic Restructuring, Urban Change, and Neighborhoods in Crisis2. Neighborhood Associations as Place-Based Collective Actors3. Albany, the Restructured City: State Government, Its Political Machine, and Neighborhood Politics4. Center Square and Its Neighborhood Association: Organizing for Success5. Arbor Hill: Revitalizing an Inner-City Neighborhood6. Schenectady, the Declining City: General Electric, Deindustrialization, and Strategies for the City's Renewal7. The Stockade: Defending the Gentrified Neighborhood in a Declining Industrial City8. Hamilton Hill: A Low-Income Neighborhood Struggle for Survival9. Neighborhoods, Strategies, and the City ContextReferencesIndex
Synopsis
In the 1980s the failure of corporate strategies and trickle-down economics led to gross inequalities among many U.S. neighborhoods and cities. By examining and comparing a gentrifying and a low-income neighborhood in two medium-sized cities, Gordana Rabrenovic shows how the problems they faced are typical of a number of neighborhoods nationwide. In particular, Rabrenovic focuses on the relationship between neighborhood associations and urban restructuring, arguing persuasively that the success of neighborhood associations depends more on the city in which the neighborhood is located than on the neighborhood itself. Her tale discusses two very different cities with distinct political economies: Albany, a healthy service sector city, and Schenectady, a declining manufacturing city. Acknowledging both the value and limits of collective action, Rabrenovic addresses issues of particular relevance in urban areas, such as land use and crime, as well as the need for neighborhood organizations to forge links with local elites and other neighborhoods, and to engage and bring together poor and minority residents. Her analysis of neighborhood-based mobilization, preservation, and revitalization illuminates the ways in which grassroots issues intersect with prevailing political agendas and the national economy, as well as how issues such as race and class affect daily community politics. Author note: Gordana Rabrenovic is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Northeastern University., Addressing relevant urban issues, a careful look at the relationships between neighborhood associations and development, In the 1980s the failure of corporate strategies and trickle-down economics led to gross inequalities among many U.S. neighborhoods and cities. By examining and comparing a gentrifying and a low-income neighborhood in two medium-sized cities, Gordana Rabrenovic shows how the problems they faced are typical of a number of neighborhoods nationwide. In particular, Rabrenovic focuses on the relationship between neighborhood associations and urban restructuring, arguing persuasively that the success of neighborhood associations depends more on the city in which the neighborhood is located than on the neighborhood itself.Her tale discusses two very different cities with distinct political economies: Albany, a healthy service sector city, and Schenectady, a declining manufacturing city. Acknowledging both the value and limits of collective action, Rabrenovic addresses issues of particular relevance in urban areas, such as land use and crime, as well as the need for neighborhood organizations to forge links with local elites and other neighborhoods, and to engage and bring together poor and minority residents. Her analysis of neighborhood-based mobilization, preservation, and revitalization illuminates the ways in which grassroots issues intersect with prevailing political agendas and the national economy, as well as how issues such as race and class affect daily community politics.
LC Classification Number
HN80.A33R33 1996
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