Constructing community : urban governance, development, and inequality in Boston / Jeremy R. Levine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levine, Jeremy R., author.

Series:

Princeton scholarship online.

Princeton scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community development--Massachusetts--Boston.

Community development.

Urban policy--Massachusetts--Boston.

Urban policy.

Community organization--Massachusetts--Boston.

Community organization.

Nonprofit organizations--Massachusetts--Boston.

Nonprofit organizations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (280 p.) : 8 b/w illus. 5 tables. 4 maps.

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2021]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Who makes decisions that shape the housing, policies, and social programs in urban neighborhoods? Who, in other words, governs? This book offers a rich ethnographic portrait of the individuals who implement community development projects in the Fairmount Corridor, one of Boston's poorest areas. Jeremy Levine uncovers a network of nonprofits and philanthropic foundations making governance decisions alongside public officials - a public-private structure that has implications for democratic representation and neighbourhood inequality.

Contents:

Frontmatter

contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

PART I

chapter 1 Slow Train Coming

chapter 2 A Seat at the Table

chapter 3 In Search of Spatial Legibility

PART II

chapter 4 Representing the Community

chapter 5 Following the Money

chapter 6 Community Power

Conclusion

Methodological Appendix

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 6, 2022).

Also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780691205885

0691205884

OCLC:

1246581311