Community and Social Capital in Upper-Income Neighborhoods

An Investigation in Metropolitan Phoenix

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11670219
AutoresKevin Romig (Texas State University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2010
Volumen31
Número8
Páginas1065-1079
Fecha de publicación2010-10-18
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaUrban Geography (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0272-3638 • E-ISSN: 1938-2847
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.2747/0272-3638.31.8.1065
OpenAlexW2028249172
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8
Referencias citadas27

This study investigates how upper-income residents respond to neoliberal practices and private governance in forming unusual community relationships in landscapes seemingly devoid of traditional social capital. Based on field work in three communities in metropolitan Phoenix, it was concluded that through private groups and an intrinsic nature to know others, residents create meaningful relationships at scales other than the neighborhood or municipality and focus on nontraditional, privatized community institutions. Whereas these new relationships enhance residents' feelings of connectedness, they generally promote bonding over bridging social capital. Moreover, the draconian effects homeowners or property owners' associations have on normative landscape and behavioral constraints tend to wane considerably as the transition from the developer's idea of place and the residents' vision of place occurs temporally

Business · Corporate governance · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Feeling · Geography · Metropolitan area · Normative · Phoenix · Political science · Social capital · Social connectedness · Social science · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Place Attachment and Urban Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology · Urban Planning and Governance · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies