LEADER 04246oam 22006254a 450 001 9910151613003321 005 20210111144944.0 010 $a0-252-09894-3 035 $a(CKB)3710000000951710 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001639868 035 $a(OCoLC)956502083 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse56951 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4792701 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000951710 100 $a20160808d2016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aClaiming Neighborhood$b[electronic resource] $eNew Ways of Understanding Urban Change /$fJohn Betancur, Janet Smith 210 $aUrbana $cUniversity of Illinois Press$d2016 215 $a1 online resource $cillustrations (black and white) 300 $aPreviously issued in print: 2016. 311 $a0-252-08197-8 311 $a0-252-04050-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $a"Using historical case studies in Chicago, Betancur and Smith examine the forces shaping neighborhoods today, focusing on both theoretical and practical explanations for why neighborhoods change. A diverse collection of people and institutions, including urban policy experts, elected officials, investors, speculators, academics, service providers, resident leaders, churches, and community-based organizations, compete to control how neighborhoods change and are characterized. Their interactions and power plays ultimately determine the fate of neighborhoods and their residents. A key argument made is that in our postindustrial economy, neighborhoods have become sites of consumption and spaces to be consumed. Discourse is used to add and subtract value from them--for example, a romanticized image of "the neighborhood" too often exaggerates or obscures race and class struggles while celebrating diversity and income mixing. The authors challenge this image, arguing that in order to explain and govern urban space more equitably, scholars and policy makers must reexamine what sustains this image and the power effects produced"--$cProvided by publisher. 330 $a"Based on historical case studies in Chicago, John J. Betancur and Janet L. Smith focus both the theoretical and practical explanations for why neighborhoods change today. As the authors show, a diverse collection of people including urban policy experts, elected officials, investors, resident leaders, institutions, community-based organizations, and many others compete to control how neighborhoods change and are characterized. Betancur and Smith argue that neighborhoods have become sites of consumption and spaces to be consumed. Discourse is used to add and subtract value from them. The romanticized image of "the neighborhood" exaggerates or obscures race and class struggles while celebrating diversity and income mixing. Scholars and policy makers must reexamine what sustains this image and the power effects produced in order to explain and govern urban space more equitably"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban$2bisacsh 606 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy$2bisacsh 606 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development$2bisacsh 606 $aUrban policy$zIllinois$zChicago 606 $aCities and towns$xGrowth 606 $aNeighborhood planning$zIllinois$zChicago 606 $aCity planning$zIllinois$zChicago 608 $aElectronic books. 615 7$aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban. 615 7$aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy. 615 7$aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development. 615 0$aUrban policy 615 0$aCities and towns$xGrowth. 615 0$aNeighborhood planning 615 0$aCity planning 676 $a307.12160977311 686 $aPOL002000$aPOL029000$aSOC026030$2bisacsh 700 $aBetancur$b John Jairo$01178360 702 $aSmith$b Janet L.$f1962- 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910151613003321 996 $aClaiming Neighborhood$92893541 997 $aUNINA