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

Nelson F. Kofie (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

240 Seiten

2016
Routledge (Verlag)
9781138984387 (ISBN)

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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)

Nelson F. Kofie

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)

Erscheinungsdatum	12.07.2016
Reihe/Serie	Studies in African American History and Culture
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-13	9781138984387 / 9781138984387
Zustand	Neuware