Race, Class, and the Struggle for Neighborhood in Washington, DC
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African American studies
air
Apartment Complex
Author_Nelson F. Kofie
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Civic Association
community empowerment
Cooperative Board
Crack Cocaine
Crack House
dealers
Disorderly Behaviors
drug
Drug Trade
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ethnographic research
Faith Church
fruit
hope
Hope Mansions
housing policy
HUD Grant
HUD Official
islam
Jobs Training
low-income neighborhood revitalization
mansions
market
NOI Member
open
Open Air Drug Market
Operation Clean Sweep
Rent Increment
Restrictive Housing Covenants
Sixth District
Social Class Antagonism
social stratification
Tenant Council
Tenant Group
trade
Urban Black Ghetto
Urban Neighborhood Communities
urban sociology
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9781138984387
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 27 Apr 2016
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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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)
