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Neighborhood Change and Neighborhood Action

The Struggle to Create Neighborhoods that Serve Human Needs
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This book is an examination of neighborhood mobilization and engagement from the perspective of several disciplines: psychology, social work, political science, planning, and education. The essays included in the work examine both internal and external factors related to the ability of neighborhoods to meet the human needs of their residents. They address the constraints put on neighborhood mobilization by the local and international political economy, but they also show how those constraints can, in a number of cases, be overcome by effective action. They treat neighborhood engagement as an educational process through which residents enhance their skills and knowledge as they participate. Taken together, these essays provide a comprehensive and multi-faceted view of the issues facing contemporary urban neighborhoods.
Introduction: Neighborhood Action: Organization, Context, and Learning R. Allen Hays 1. Critical Perspectives on Neighborhood Engagement and Participatory Development Sara M. Eccleston, Jyoti Gupta, and Douglas Perkins 2. Neighborhood Networks, Collective Action, and Public Safety R. Allen Hays 3. Formations of Participation: The Pathways of Emergent Community Land Trusts Jakob Schneider, Claire Cahen, and Susan Saegert 4. Studying Learning in Neighborhood Level Democratic Activity: Participatory Budgeting in Chicago's 49th Ward Jose Melendez 5. Gentrification, Demobilization, and Participatory Possibilities Jamila Michener and Diane Wong 6. Your Family, Your Neighborhood: An Intervention to Develop Social Cohesion Daniel Brisson and Stephanie Lechuga-Pena 7. Citizens' Roles in Public Service Delivery: Reconceptualizing Coproduction Kelechi Uzochukwu 8. Escape from Violence and Changes in Neighborhood Informal Social Control: Understanding Causes and Consequences of Residential Mobility Eileen Ahlin and Maria Joao Lobo Antunes
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