Challenging the stereotype of trailer parks as magnets for stigmatized people, sociologist Leontina Hormel investigates how the closing of a mobile home park in rural northern Idaho led to community activism among its residents: single-mother households, veterans, recovering addicts, and people with disabilities who fought for their rights and dignity.
Challenging the stereotype of trailer parks as magnets for stigmatized people, sociologist Leontina Hormel investigates how the closing of a mobile home park in rural northern Idaho led to community activism among its residents: single-mother households, veterans, recovering addicts, and people with disabilities who fought for their rights and dignity. Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
LEONTINA HORMEL is a professor of sociology at the University of Idaho. Her research interests include political economy, environmental sociology, international development, community action, and gender and class inequalities. She has conducted ethnographic and survey work in Ukraine, in the Russian Federation, and throughout the state of Idaho.
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FOREWORD BY DAWN TACHELL CHRONOLOGY INTRODUCTION Crisis 1 WHO BELONGS ON THE PALOUSE? 2 INVENTING WORKING-CLASS COMMUNITIES 3 MAKING A FUNCTIONAL COMMUNITY AMID DISORDER 4 VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE Flushing the Public Good 5 RED TAGS The Letter of the Law Kills 6 SYRINGA REFUGEES 7 DEATH OF A COMMUNITY 8 TRAILER PARK POLITICS Recognizing Working-Class People's Knowledge and Mobilization 9 TRAILER PARK AMERICA Syringa Residents' Lessons to the Public APPENDIX: METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH ACKNOWLEDGMENTS NOTES REFERENCES INDEX
FOREWORD BY DAWN TACHELL CHRONOLOGY INTRODUCTION Crisis 1 WHO BELONGS ON THE PALOUSE? 2 INVENTING WORKING-CLASS COMMUNITIES 3 MAKING A FUNCTIONAL COMMUNITY AMID DISORDER 4 VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE Flushing the Public Good 5 RED TAGS The Letter of the Law Kills 6 SYRINGA REFUGEES 7 DEATH OF A COMMUNITY 8 TRAILER PARK POLITICS Recognizing Working-Class People's Knowledge and Mobilization 9 TRAILER PARK AMERICA Syringa Residents' Lessons to the Public APPENDIX: METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH ACKNOWLEDGMENTS NOTES REFERENCES INDEX
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