Main entry:

Hasson, Shlomo.

Title & Author:

Neighbourhood organizations and the welfare state / Shlomo Hasson and David Ley.

Publication:

Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©1994.

Description:

xi, 387 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-379) and index.
1. Neighbourhood Organizations, the City, and the State -- pt. 1. Who Governs? Elite Neighbourhoods and the State. 2. Shaughnessy Heights: The Protection of Privilege. 3. Rehavia: A Jewel in the Urban Crown -- pt. 2. The Incorporation of Ethno-racial Minorities. 4. Chinatown-Strathcona: Gaining an Entitlement. 5. Ir Ganim: Between Bossism and Protest -- pt. 3. Engaging the 'Underclass'. 6. The Downtown Eastside: 'One Hundred Years of Struggle'. 7. Socializing the Grass Roots: The Ohalim Movement in Katamon Tet -- pt. 4. The Equivocal History of Neighbourhood Participation. 8. The Limits of Neighbourhood Empowerment: Gentrification, Resistance, and Burn-out in Kitsilano. 9. An Uneasy Partnership: The Case of Baka Neighbourhood Government -- pt. 5. Conclusion. 10. Local Democracy: A Cross-Cultural Perspective.
Also issued online.

Summary:

According to Hasson and Ley, the protest movements of the 1960s began a new era of urban politics evident today in the range and diversity of neighbourhood organizations. In this comparative study, the authors identify and explore four distinct types of neighbourhood organizations by pairing four neighbourhoods in Vancouver with four in Jerusalem. Each organizational type represents a different phase of the emergent welfare state and each is characterized by its distinctive ideologies, strategies, and relations with government. Hasson and Ley argue that political geography at the neighbourhood level is both diverse and complex, but that it does follow identifiable patterns. The four typologies presented are ratepayers' groups, paternalistic associations, protest organizations, and groups characterized by cooperative ventures with the state. Canada and Israel provide ideal comparative settings. Both are relatively new nations absorbing large immigrant populations and both are engaged in building welfare states within democratic/capitalist frameworks. At the same time, their obvious differences foreground the roles of culture, national history, and personal leadership in the formation of neighbourhood organizations. The authors draw on interviews and documentation to present a detailed case study of each neighbourhood organization, exploring its history, individual characteristics, impact on urban life, and interaction with the state. This rich and complex study offers basic reading for urbanists, community planners, and social and political scientists. The authors provide a detailed review of relevant literature and make a strong contribution to both theory and fieldwork in their discipline.

ISBN:

080202887X (bound)
9780802028877 (bound)
0802073921 (pbk.)
9780802073921 (pbk.)

Subject:

Citizens' associations British Columbia Vancouver Case studies.
Neighborhood government British Columbia Vancouver Case studies.
Citizens' associations Jerusalem Case studies.
Neighborhood government Jerusalem Case studies.
Comités de citoyens Colombie-Britannique Vancouver Cas, Études de.
Comités de citoyens Jérusalem Cas, Études de.
Comités de citoyens Colombie-Britannique Vancouver Études de cas.
Administration de quartier Colombie-Britannique Vancouver Études de cas.
Comités de citoyens Jérusalem Études de cas.
Administration de quartier Jérusalem Études de cas.
Citizens' associations
Neighborhood government
Nachbarschaftshilfe
Fallstudie
Citizens' associations Israel Jerusalem Case studies.
Neighborhood government Israel Jerusalem Case studies.
British Columbia Vancouver
Middle East Jerusalem
Vancouver
Jerusalem
Vancouver <British Columbia>
Neighbourhoods Community action
Canada

Form/genre:

Case studies

Added entries:

Ley, David.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 105389
Call No.: ID HN110.Z9C65; ID:94-B2194
Status: Available