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In the 1980s, the failure of corporate strategies and trickle-down economics led to gross inequalities among many US neighbourhoods and cities. Examining and comparing a gentrifying and a low-income neighbourhood in two medium-sized cities, this book shows how the problems they faced are typical of a number of neighbourhoods nationwide.
List of contents
List of Tables and Maps Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: Economic Restructuring, Urban Change, and Neighborhoods in Crisis 2. Neighborhood Associations as Place-Based Collective Actors 3. Albany, the Restructured City: State Government, Its Political Machine, and Neighborhood Politics 4. Center Square and Its Neighborhood Association: Organizing for Success 5. Arbor Hill: Revitalizing an Inner-City Neighborhood 6. Schenectady, the Declining City: General Electric, Deindustrialization, and Strategies for the City's Renewal 7. The Stockade: Defending the Gentrified Neighborhood in a Declining Industrial City 8. Hamilton Hill: A Low-Income Neighborhood Struggle for Survival 9. Neighborhoods, Strategies, and the City Context References Index
Summary
In the 1980s, the failure of corporate strategies and trickle-down economics led to gross inequalities among many US neighbourhoods and cities. Examining and comparing a gentrifying and a low-income neighbourhood in two medium-sized cities, this book shows how the problems they faced are typical of a number of neighbourhoods nationwide.
