January 5, 2009 at 12:54 am | Posted in amenities, childcare centers, grocery stores, neighborhoods, news, non-profits, organizational density, organizational networks, poverty, social organization, what to read | Leave a comment
The latest issue of the journal City and Community (December 2008 ) features several articles that explore analytic assumptions, international perspectives, and new directions in the study of communities commonly referred to as ghettos. In one of the pieces, “Four Reasons to Abandon the Idea of ‘The Ghetto,’” Mario Small questions the common use of the concept “the ghetto” to theorize conditions in poor, predominantly black urban neighborhoods in the United States. He argues, among other things, that poor black neighborhoods differ dramatically from place to place in their organizational density, the number of banks, childcare centers, pharmacies, and other everyday organizations.
Papers in the symposium:
The Ghetto: Origins, History, Discourse (p 347-352)
Bruce Haynes, Ray Hutchison
Involuntary Segregation and the Ghetto: Disconnecting Process and Place (p 353-357)
Herbert J. Gans
A Century of Harlem in New York City: Some Notes on Migration, Consolidation, Segregation, and Recent Developments (p 358-365)
Andrew A. Beveridge
Barrio Geneology (p 366-371)
Diego Vigil
From the Outside Looking in: A “European” Perspective on the Ghetto (p 372-377)
Talja Blokland
Enclaves, Condominiums, and Favelas: Where Are the Ghettos in Brazil? (p 378-383)
Circe Monteiro
Reconsidering the “Ghetto”1 (p 384-388 )
Anmol Chaddha, William Julius Wilson
Four Reasons to Abandon the Idea of “The Ghetto” (p 389-398 )
Mario Luis Small
City and Community Volume 7, Number 4, December 2008
November 28, 2008 at 5:42 pm | Posted in immigrants, neighborhoods, non-profits, organizational networks, what to read | Leave a comment
“Voting With Their Feet: Nonprofit Organizations and Immigrant Mobilization,” by Hector Cordero-Guzman, Nina Martin, Victoria Quiroz-Becerra, and NikTheodore, looks at the role of immigrant non-profit organizations in social movements. Reacting to the series of marches in 2006 for immigrant rights throughout the United States, the authors question the idea that the marches were “spontaneous outburst of frustration.” Instead, they argue, the marches were “in large part the result of long-standing cooperative efforts and networks of immigrant-serving nonprofit organizations. Immigrant-serving organizations were at the forefront of organizing public education campaigns, advocacy activities, and community mobilization efforts leading up to the demonstrations.” Based on survey on 498 nonprofit organizations in Chicago and New York conducted in 2005. In American Behavioral Scientist.
