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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"neighborhood associations"”.
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Everyday Exclusions And Empowerment: Social Identities In Neighborhood Associations
… construct and negotiate social identity in neighborhood associations. It builds on previous social identity research by examining how identity construction is important in regards to political behavior, but in an unexamined context - that of neighborhood associations. Neighborhood …
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FOLLOWING THE LEADER OR LEADING THE FOLLOWER? THE EFFECTS OF MISSION-DRIVEN VS. LEADER-DRIVEN COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
… surveys from neighbors who attended neighborhood association meetings in Kansas City, Kansas. Survey data give support to the relationship between mission-driven followership and increased citizen engagement. Mission-driven followers are more likely to attend more neighborhood …
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How rise of middle class activism in Indian cities is changing the face of local governance : [case of Delhi]
Neighborhood Associations, called Resident Welfare Associations (RWAs), have assumed an important role in public policy decision making in Delhi as the principal voice of the middle class. This represents a departure from the traditional role of these institutions that was restricted to the …
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The Role of Geographic Information Systems in Post-Disaster Neighborhood Recovery: Lessons from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
… local government, and private foundations, neighborhood associations and residents have been using Public Participation Geographic Information Systems (PPGIS) as a tool for neighborhood recovery in post-Katrina and Rita New Orleans. The landfall of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita along the Gulf …
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Acting Up : how community organizations work with, around, and against city hall for housing justice in Chicago
… over 30 interviews with leaders and activists in neighborhood associations, community development corporations, and independent political organizations working on prominent housing justice campaigns since the 2008 foreclosure crisis. These campaigns include a rent control ballot initiative, the …
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Urban social movements in metropolitan Cape Town South Africa
… and nationally. I did not only observe neighborhood social life, but neighborhood-based protests. Through a close observation of social practices in different neighborhoods I have managed to document the influence of urban social movements on the dominant relations of power in Cape Town. …
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Citizen perspectives on community policing : an examination of theories, philosophy and principles at work
… were: (a) partners; (b) community education; (c) neighborhood associations; (d) involvement with government; (e) problem solving; (f) frustration with the city administration and (g) communication and managing community policing.The research found that relatively successful community policing …
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Making a "black Beverly Hills": The struggle for housing equality in modern Los Angeles
… effort to live in some of the city's desirable neighborhoods and attain full access to the city. Claiming their right to better housing and services, improving their financial status, and becoming regularly consuming Americans served as political statements for African Americans in a city that …
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Peace through parks : the challenge of overcoming social frictions and ecological tensions in the development of parks in post-conflict Bogotá
… as mutually exclusive. Simultaneously, small neighborhood parks face class-based social frictions that reflect differences between neighborhood-centric preferences and the function of parks as city services for all, and a trend for increased agency of neighborhood associations threaten to make …