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New Directions in Planning Theory
- Urban Affairs Review
, 2000
"... The last decade has witnessed a reinvigoration of theoretical discussion within the discipline of planning. Inspired by post-modernist cultural critique and by the move among philosophers away from logical positivism toward a substantive concern with ethics and public policy, planning theorists have ..."
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The last decade has witnessed a reinvigoration of theoretical discussion within the discipline of planning. Inspired by post-modernist cultural critique and by the move among philosophers away from logical positivism toward a substantive concern with ethics and public policy, planning theorists have reframed their debates over methods and 1 program to encompass issues of discourse and inclusiveness.TP
What is quality of government? A theory of impartial government institutions.
- Governance-an International Journal of Policy and Administration.
, 2008
"... Abstract The last years have seen a growth in research on "good governance" and the quality of government institutions. This development has been propelled by empirical findings that such institutions might hold the key to understanding economic growth in developing countries, but social ..."
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Abstract The last years have seen a growth in research on "good governance" and the quality of government institutions. This development has been propelled by empirical findings that such institutions might hold the key to understanding economic growth in developing countries, but social benefits of high quality institutions have been identified as well. We argue however that a key issue has not been addressed, namely the question of what the quality of government (QoG) actually means at the conceptual level. Economists' definitions are either extremely broad or suffer from a functionalist slant that weakens their usefulness. We propose a more coherent and specific definition of quality of government, namely the impartiality of institutions that implement government policies. We argue that this impartiality principle may be successfully linked to a theory explaining both economic and non-economic consequences of the quality of government. 3
GIS-based measures of environmental equity: exploring their sensitivity and significance
- Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology
, 1999
"... In order to determine whether principles of environmental justice have been violated, a large number of empirical studies have been carried out to ascertain whether minority and low-income populations are disproportionately exposed to industrial pollution. This study provides a comparative evaluatio ..."
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In order to determine whether principles of environmental justice have been violated, a large number of empirical studies have been carried out to ascertain whether minority and low-income populations are disproportionately exposed to industrial pollution. This study provides a comparative evaluation of two commonly employed proximity measures in GIS-based environmental equity assessment, examining their influence on the results of the analysis, and proposes a methodology for evaluating the significance of these results. 1990 census data on population characteristics and data from the 1995 EPA’s toxic .release inventory TRI for the City of Minneapolis, MN are used. These results also allow a preliminary assessment of environmental equityrinequity in potential exposure to airborne toxic chemicals for racial minorities, poor people and children in Minneapolis. In the third part of the paper we develop and employ a geographic randomization methodology for assessing the significance of these results.
Problematic publics: critical review of surveys of public attitudes to biotechnology
- SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND HUMAN VALUES
, 1997
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Excavating Lefebvre: The right to the city and its urban politics of the inhabitant
"... Much current activism and scholarship has raised concern that the various processes of neoliberal restructuring are threatening democracy. More specifically, researchers in geography and other social sciences have stressed that political and economic restructuring in cities is negatively affecting t ..."
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Much current activism and scholarship has raised concern that the various processes of neoliberal restructuring are threatening democracy. More specifically, researchers in geography and other social sciences have stressed that political and economic restructuring in cities is negatively affecting the enfranchisement of urban residents. Much recent research and writing has explored progressive responses to this perceived disenfranchisement in cities. One popular trend has been a fascination with the idea of the ‘right to the city ’ as a way to respond to neoliberal urbanism and better empower urban dwellers. I argue that the right to the city holds promise, but that in the literature the idea remains both theoretically and politically underdeveloped. It remains unclear (1) what the right to the city entails or (2) how it might address current problems of disenfranchisement. This paper examines the right to the city in greater depth. It does so by offering a close reading and analysis of the intellectual roots of the idea: the writings of Henri Lefebvre. I suggest that Lefebvre’s right to the city is more radical, more problematic, and more indeterminate than the current literature makes it seem. The paper concludes by suggesting that the right to the city does offer distinct potential for resisting current threats to urban enfranchisement. However, the right to the city is not a panacea. It must be seen not as a completed solution to current problems, but as an opening to a new urban politics, what I call an urban politics of the inhabitant.
Place, social relations and the fear of crime: A review
- Progress in Human Geography
, 2000
"... Abstract: This article reviews the literature on fear of crime of interest to the geographical and environmental disciplines. After discussing definitional and methodological issues, the article focuses on accounts which link fear with the physical environment, and then on fear, social identity and ..."
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Abstract: This article reviews the literature on fear of crime of interest to the geographical and environmental disciplines. After discussing definitional and methodological issues, the article focuses on accounts which link fear with the physical environment, and then on fear, social identity and exclusion. It considers the significance of one area of recent research that attempts to link place and social relations through developing local ethnographies of fear. The review concludes with some suggestions for building upon this work, and highlights the relevance of the geographical themes discussed to current policy debates.
Mingling, observing, and lingering: Everyday public spaces and their implications for well-being and social relations,
- Health and Place,
, 2008
"... Abstract The rejuvenation of public spaces is a key policy concern in the UK. Drawing on a wide literature and on qualitative research located in a multi-ethnic area of East London, this paper explores their relationship to well-being and social relations. It demonstrates that ordinary spaces are a ..."
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Abstract The rejuvenation of public spaces is a key policy concern in the UK. Drawing on a wide literature and on qualitative research located in a multi-ethnic area of East London, this paper explores their relationship to well-being and social relations. It demonstrates that ordinary spaces are a significant resource for both individuals and communities. The beneficial properties of public spaces are not reducible to natural or aesthetic criteria, however. Social interaction in spaces can provide relief from daily routines, sustenance for people's sense of community, opportunities for sustaining bonding ties or making bridges, and can influence tolerance and raise people's spirits. They also possess subjective meanings that accumulate over time and can contribute to meeting diverse needs. Different users of public spaces attain a sense of wellbeing for different reasons: the paper calls for policy approaches in which the social and therapeutic properties of a range of everyday spaces are more widely recognised and nurtured. r
The integration of social justice in teacher education: Dimension of prospective teachers’ opportunities to learn
- Journal of Teacher Education
, 2005
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Parks and People: An Environmental Justice Inquiry in
- Annals of the Association of American Geographers
, 2009
"... In addition to established methods for measuring distribution of and access to parks, we employ a novel park service area approach that uses Thiessen polygons and dasymetric reapportioning of census data to measure potential park congestion as an equity outcome measure. We find that a higher proport ..."
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In addition to established methods for measuring distribution of and access to parks, we employ a novel park service area approach that uses Thiessen polygons and dasymetric reapportioning of census data to measure potential park congestion as an equity outcome measure. We find that a higher proportion of African Americans have access to parks within walking distance, defined as 400 meters or less, than whites, but whites have access to more acreage of parks within walking distance than blacks. A needs-based assessment shows that areas with the highest need have the best access to parks but also have access to less acreage of parks compared to low-need areas. Park service areas that are predominantly black have higher park congestion than areas that are predominantly white, although differences are less apparent at the city level than at the metropolitan level. Following Iris Young and others, we argue that conceptions of justice must move beyond distributive justice and address the social and institutional mechanisms that generate inequities. For Baltimore, we examine how segregation ordinances, racial covenants, improvement associations, the Home Owners Loan Corporation, and the Parks and Recreation Board created separate black spaces historically underserved with parks. These mechanisms ultimately fueled middle-class flight and suburbanization and black inheritance of much of Baltimore’s space, including its parks. If justice demands just distribution justly achieved, the present-day pattern of parks in Baltimore should be
2006) Contemporary Discourses of Citizenship
- Review of Educational Research
"... Meanings of “citizenship, ” a concept that has informed teaching practices since nation-states first institutionalized schooling, are shaped over time and through cultural struggles. This article presents a conceptual framework for the discourses that currently construct the meanings of citizenship ..."
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Meanings of “citizenship, ” a concept that has informed teaching practices since nation-states first institutionalized schooling, are shaped over time and through cultural struggles. This article presents a conceptual framework for the discourses that currently construct the meanings of citizenship in contem-porary Western cultures, particularly the United States. Using discourse analysis, the authors examine texts related to citizenship and citizenship edu-cation from 1990 through 2003, identifying seven distinct but overlapping frameworks that ascribe meaning to citizenship. The “civic republican ” and “liberal ” frameworks are the most influential in shaping current citizenship education; five others are the most active in contesting the terrain of citizen-ship practices in lived political arenas. The “transnational ” and “critical” discourses have yet to significantly challenge the dominant discourses that shape citizenship education in schools. This article questions the view of polit-ical life in Western democracies that is promoted by the dominant discourses of citizenship in K–12 schooling.
