O'Brien Neighborhood Organization and Interest-Group Processes

1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4008-6874-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 278 Seiten

Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library

Since the end of the civil rights era in the sixties it has become increasingly clear that social and political conflicts cannot be resolved entirely at the national level. Struggles between residents of poor neighborhoods and local interest groups or public authorities present some of our most explosive domestic political problems today. This study seeks insight into these problems through an analysis of efforts during the sixties to organize the poor to pursue their interests in local decision-making processes.

David J. O'Brien holds that both organizers and scholarly observers of the grass-roots movement have failed to understand properly the process by which interest groups are formed. Arguing that the demise of neighborhood organization cannot be attributed to supposedly unique social, psychological, or cultural characteristics of the poor, he develops an analytical framework that emphasizes the strategic role of incentives and organizational resource problems. This framework helps explain not only the failure of organizers in the sixties to grasp the problems of interest group formation, but also the assumptions that prevented them from identifying the source of their frustration. The author assesses the different approaches that have been taken to neighborhood organization, and outlines a model for future efforts.

Originally published in 1976.

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Autoren/Hrsg.

O'Brien, David J.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Wirtschaftssoziologie, Arbeitssoziologie, Organisationssoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Sozialpolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Gruppen & Klassen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Dienste, Soziale Organisationen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Frontmatter, pg. i
Contents, pg. vii
Preface, pg. ix
Introduction, pg. 1
CHAPTER ONE. Incentives and Individual Support for Collective Action, pg. 7
CHAPTER TWO. Resource Needs and Environmental Problems, pg. 43
CHAPTER THREE. Community Development, pg. 64
CHAPTER FOUR. Social Action-Protest Strategies, pg. 93
CHAPTER FIVE. Community Action Programs, pg. 130
CHAPTER SIX. Variations in Development in Local Community Action Programs, pg. 153
CHAPTER SEVEN. The Future of Neighborhood Organization, pg. 175
References, pg. 223
Index, pg. 249