Nelson F. Kofie

Race, Class, and the Struggle for Neighborhood in Washington, DC (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

First published in 1999.This case study examines how low-income residents, community leaders, the Nation of Islam, and the police joined forces to close down an open air drug market. The research shows how a previously stable black community became severely destabilized and documents the efforts of community members to mobilize their neighbors around home ownership, tenant empowerment and jobs.
Adopting a holistic perspective, the author examines tensions between opportunities and constraints dictating the aspirations of individuals, the historical factors influencing the course of events in their community, and the agenda of various government and private agencies. This three-year ethnographic study observed the community's rejuvenation and the drastic reduction in drug-related crimes, antagonism between the police and the Nation of Islam, and the demise of the HUD funded tenants' home ownership initiative.
(Ph.D. dissertation, George Washington University, 1996; revised with new preface, introduction, bibliography, and index)

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. November 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317732808
• Artikelnr.: 49353569

Autorenporträt

Nelson F. Kofie

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 African Americans and Urban Neighborhood Communities
Background and Overview
Empowerment of Low-Income Residents
Retrospective Overview
Chapter 2 Racial Segregation and Rise of Sun-Hope Neighborhood Community
The Community and Sunrise-Park Dwellings Civic Association
Park Dwellings Housing Project Residents
Sunrise Apartments
Hope Mansions
The Fall of Sun-Park-Hope Civic Association
Sun-Hope Community During the Study
Chapter 3 Social Class Segregation and Fall of the Sun-Hope Community
Ghettoization of Sun-Hope Neighborhood Community
Neighborhood Disorganization (1970-1990)