Constructing community : urban governance, development, and inequality in Boston /
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 p...
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| 505 | 0 | |a Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I -- Chapter 1. Slow Train Coming -- Chapter 2. A Seat at the Table -- Chapter 3. In Search of Spatial Legibility -- Part II -- Chapter 4. Representing the Community -- Chapter 5. Following the Money -- Chapter 6. Community Power -- Conclusion -- Methodological Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index | |
| 520 | 8 | |a 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 | |
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