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Communitarian theory and community development in the United States
Communitarian theory, like many community development efforts in the USA, views the rebuilding of community as a process of social organization involving self-help, institutional integration and consensus-building. This article focuses on the self-limiting aspects of one such community development initiative, in Chicago's Humboldt Park area, and highlights in particular a reluctance to consider strategies of political action in response to the pressures of gentrification. This case suggests that communitarian conceptions of community-building - to the extent that they rule out the political articulation of rights-based demands - provide a weak theoretical foundation for community development.
Communitarian theory and community development in the United States
Communitarian theory, like many community development efforts in the USA, views the rebuilding of community as a process of social organization involving self-help, institutional integration and consensus-building. This article focuses on the self-limiting aspects of one such community development initiative, in Chicago's Humboldt Park area, and highlights in particular a reluctance to consider strategies of political action in response to the pressures of gentrification. This case suggests that communitarian conceptions of community-building - to the extent that they rule out the political articulation of rights-based demands - provide a weak theoretical foundation for community development.
Communitarian theory and community development in the United States
Sites, William (author)
Community development journal ; 33 ; 57-
1998-01-01
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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