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Claiming neighborhood : new ways of understanding urban change /

"Based on historical case studies in Chicago, John J. Betancur and Janet L. Smith focus both the theoretical and practical explanations for why neighborhoods change today. As the authors show, a diverse collection of people including urban policy experts, elected officials, investors, resident...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Betancur, John Jairo (Autor), Smith, Janet L., 1962- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2016.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1. Prevailing Approaches to the Study of Neighborhoods and Change; 2. Understanding Change in Today's Changing Urban Mosaic; 3. Recasting Race/Ethnicity: The Gentrification of Bronzeville and Pilsen; 4. Constructing Carceral Space: How Englewood Became the Ghetto; 5. Constructing Flexible Spaces of Accumulation and Social Reproduction; 6. Selling the Neighborhood: Commodification versus Differential Space; 7. Reinventing Neighborhood? Transforming Chicago's Public Housing.
  • 8. Building the Organization or Building the Community? Community Development in a Time of Flexible AccumulationConclusion; Notes; References; Index.