The Construction of the Local and the Limits of Contemporary Community Building in the United States  

Oleh:

Fraser, James C. ; Lepofsky, Jonathan ; Kick, Edward L. ; Williams, J. Patrick

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Urban Affairs Review vol. 38 no. 3 (Jan. 2003), page 417-445.
Topik: state; civil society; relationships; community building
Fulltext: 417UAR383.pdf (126.73KB)

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With new relationships between state and civil society, community building has arisen as a preferred mechanism to ameliorate urban poverty. Community building is a much-supported but undercriticized paradigm, especially with respect to questions about the benefits that impoverished neighborhood residents actually acquire from these initiatives. The authors examine community building as a process that is related to larger agendas meant to enact certain productions of urban space and challenge many taken-for-granted notions about the realized benefits of this form of antipoverty work. Moreover, they argue that community-building initiatives occur in an increasingly globalized context, providing opportunities for stakeholders other than residents to promote certain productions of space and place. A case study is presented of an initiative occurring in a southern city in the United States to highlight the theoretical framework presented.

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