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Auteur(s) : Levine, Jeremy R.
Titre(s) : Constructing community [Texte imprimé] : urban governance, development, and inequality in Boston / Jeremy R. Levine
Publication : Princeton (N.J.) : Princeton University press, 2021
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (ix-263 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-256) and index
"Who 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 projects
in the Fairmount Corridor, one of Boston's poorest areas. Jeremy Levine uncovers a
network of nonprofits and philanthropic foundations making governance decisions alongside
public officials-a public-private structure that has implications for democratic representation
and neighborhood inequality. Levine spent four years following key players in Boston's
community development field. While state senators and city councilors are often the
public face of new projects, and residents seem empowered through opportunities to
participate in public meetings, Levine found a shadow government of nonprofit leaders
and philanthropic funders, nonelected neighborhood representatives with their own
particular objectives, working behind the scenes. Tying this system together were
political performances of "community"-government and nonprofit leaders, all claiming
to value the community. Levine provocatively argues that there is no such thing as
a singular community voice, meaning any claim of community representation is, by definition,
illusory. He shows how community development is as much about constructing the idea
of community as it is about the construction of physical buildings in poor neighborhoods"--Page
4 of cover
Sujet(s) : Développement communautaire -- Boston (Mass., États-Unis)
Rénovation urbaine -- Participation des citoyens -- Boston (Mass., États-Unis)
Indice(s) Dewey :
307.760 973 (23e éd.) = Communautés urbaines (sociologie) - États-Unis
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780691193649. - ISBN 0691193649. - ISBN 9780691193656 (erroné). - ISBN 0691193657
(erroné). - ISBN 9780691205885 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb46875080t
Notice n° :
FRBNF46875080
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