Constructing Community - Urban Governance, Development, and Inequality in Boston

A propos de l'auteur

Jeremy R. Levine is assistant professor of organizational studies and, by courtesy, sociology at the University of Michigan. Twitter @Jeremy_Levine

Résumé

A look at the benefits and consequences of the rise of community-based organizations in urban developmentWho makes decisions that shape the housing, policies, and social programs in urban neighborhoods? Who, in other words, governs? Constructing Community offers a rich ethnographic portrait of the individuals who implement community development

Texte suppl.

"An excellent analysis of contemporary politics in the urban centers."---Armando Lara-Millán, American Journal of Sociology

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Jeremy Levine, Jeremy R. Levine
• Edition: Princeton University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 30.06.2021
• EAN: 9780691193656
• ISBN: 978-0-691-19365-6
• Pages: 280
• Catégories: Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sociologie; Boston, Massachusetts, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Urban & municipal planning, Social discrimination & inequality, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Urban communities, Central government policies, Regional Government Policies, Regional, state and other local government policies, Social discrimination and social justice