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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"neighborhood organizations"”.
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A Mixed-Methods Study of Resident Readiness, Engagement, and Relocation During Mixed-Income Redevelopment
… the problems of concentrated urban poverty neighborhoods with traditional public housing structures. This study focused on two neighborhoods in Denver, Colorado, with more than 38% of the residents living in poverty, which are facing transit-oriented MIR in the coming years. Residents in …
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Civic engagement in the age of devolution: how anthropological approaches can help navigate grassroots conflicts
… therefore creates greater competition among neighborhood organizations for limited resources. In this thesis, I analyze how larger neoliberal currents have created conflict within the local policy subsystem of rezoning in the Crooked Creek neighborhood in Indianapolis. My analysis spotlights …
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Contested Land Use Planning: A Case Study of a Grassroots Neighborhood Organization, a Medical Complex, and a City
Researchers have characterized neighborhood organizations in two ways: as mediating between individuals and broader structures of society, and as restricted in meaningful participation by the city's emphasis on local economic development. Players in this case study offered competing perspectives: …
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Community development for whom?: the role of community development corporations in the neoliberal city
… (CDCs) emerged in the 1960s as grassroots neighborhood organizations which called for investment of government resources in marginalized neighborhoods. Beginning in the 1980s, CDCs became viewed as a market solution to the administration of affordable housing. This thesis examines the role …
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On the Road to Samaria: Urban Religious Congregations as Resource Brokers
… poverty is an increasing problem in urban U.S. neighborhoods leading to social isolation and marginalization from mainstream institutions. Conventional thought has argued that the urban poor lack resources necessary for social and economic mobility due to constrained social networks endemic in …
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"WE THOUGHT WE SHOULD DO SOMETHING OURSELVES:" CITIZEN PARTICIPATION, SOUTHWEST DENVER AND THE MODEL CITIES PROGRAM, 1964-1994
… crime, and general poverty in inner-city neighborhoods throughout the United States. Espousing citizen participation as the linchpin of the program, legislative architects expected that the solutions for these social ills would come from the local residents with guidance from federal …
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"WE THOUGHT WE SHOULD DO SOMETHING OURSELVES:" CITIZEN PARTICIPATION, SOUTHWEST DENVER AND THE MODEL CITIES PROGRAM, 1964-1994
… crime, and general poverty in inner-city neighborhoods throughout the United States. Espousing citizen participation as the linchpin of the program, legislative architects expected that the solutions for these social ills would come from the local residents with guidance from federal …