EFFECTS OF HOUSING ABANDONMENT, RESETTLEMENT PROCESSES, AND DISPLACEMENT ON THE EVOLUTION OF VOLUNTARY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS IN PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK (NEIGHBORHOOD CHANGE, GENTRIFICATION, POLITICAL ECONOMY).
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Title
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EFFECTS OF HOUSING ABANDONMENT, RESETTLEMENT PROCESSES, AND DISPLACEMENT ON THE EVOLUTION OF VOLUNTARY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS IN PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK (NEIGHBORHOOD CHANGE, GENTRIFICATION, POLITICAL ECONOMY).
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Identifier
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AAI8423071
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identifier
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8423071
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Creator
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JUSTA, FRANCINE CYVIA.
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Contributor
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Maxine Wolfe
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Date
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1984
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Urban and Regional Planning | Black Studies
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Abstract
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In an attempt to make concrete linkages between changing neighborhoods and political economy, this longitudinal case study of an urban neighborhood of 60,000 people addresses the relationships between the transformations of older American cities translated into housing policy and processes of neighborhood abandonment, resettlement, and displacement. Employing a multi-methodological approach, the study follows the evolution and development of 20 community organizations over eight years. Five types of groups emerged to represent different class interests--improvement, mandated, redistributive-issue, ideological and improvement/redistributive-issue. The emergence of group interests followed historical and geographical patterns of accelerating gentrification.;Improvement groups attempted to attract investment interest to encourage resettlement by young urban professionals. Those local groups "mandated" by government experienced significant shifts in membership, leadership, and content of issues as blue-collar ethnic institutions became fragmented and white-collar professional institutions grew. Redistributive-issue tenant organizations attempted to protect the rights of minorities and low- and moderate-income renters in a predominantly low-rise neighborhood where rent protection statutes were weak and enforcement lax. As gentrification progressed, ideological groups emerged to articulate inequities that they believed were supported by private-market processes and government action. Finally, improvement/redistributive-issue organizations tried, unsuccessfully, to support rehabilitation and improvement without displacement.;The study argues that the success of improvement interests and the failure of redistributive action can be understood partially in terms of the transformation of older American cities, and the consequent shifts in the role of a neighborhood in the political economy of a city. The current redefinition of urban problems in terms of accumulation and realization has resulted in (1) patterns of decreased funding for redistributive agendas; (2) attempts to undermine the legitimacy of redistributive action; (3) a willingness of the disadvantaged to identify with aspirations of urban professionals to their own detriment; and (4) a widening of cleavages between tenant and homeowners, promoted through government tax policies.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
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Program
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Psychology
