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Contested ground : collective action and the urban neighborhood /

One of the most striking characteristics of urban protest and social conflict in the United States, Britain, and other nations of the West over the last three decades is the frequency with which these political events have been organized not where people work, but where they live. The residential co...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Davis, John Emmeus, 1949-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1991.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Part I. COLLECTIVE ACTION IN THE PLACE OF RESIDENCE
  • 1. Do Communities Act?
  • 2. Marxist Perspectives on Locality-based Action
  • 3. Weberian Perspectives on Locality-based Action
  • 4. Domestic Property as a "Bundle of Interests"
  • 5. The Differentiation of Domestic Property Interest Groups
  • 6. Group Formation and Intergroup Conflict in the Urban Neighborhood
  • PART II. Collective Action in Cincinnati's West End
  • 7. The Besieged Community: Building and Bulldozing, 1800- 1965
  • 8. The Mobilized Community: Protest and Participation, 1965- 1975
  • 9. The Fractured Community: Property Interests and Property Interest Groups, 1975-1985
  • 10. The Contested Community: Intergroup Conflict, 1980- 1985
  • Part III. URBAN THEORY AND PRACTICE
  • 11. Toward a Theory of Locality-based Action
  • 12. Domestic Property Analysis: Theoretical Implications
  • 13. Neighborhood Politics and Planning
  • Appendix A. Sources and Methods
  • Appendix B. Names and Affiliations of Interviewees
  • Bibliography
  • Index