Race, Class, and the Struggle for Neighborhood in Washington, DC

1. Auflage 1999
ISBN: 978-0-8153-3114-8
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 458 g

Reihe: Studies in African American History and Culture

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)

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kofie, Nelson F.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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)

Über Autor(innen)

Nelson F. Kofie