For what it's worth

Regional equity, community organizing, and metropolitan America

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6181871
AutoresManuel Pastor (0000-0002-4638-3778), Chris Benner (0000-0002-4618-0719), Mikinari Matsuoka (0000-0002-7424-4986), Martha Matsuoka
Ano2011
Volume42
Fascículo4
Páginas437-457
Data de publicação2011-10-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoCommunity Development (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1557-5330 • E-ISSN: 1944-7485
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/15575330.2010.532877
OpenAlexW1981477117
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas7
Referências citadas16

Regional equity has taken off as a field of research and activism in recent years. Within the general field, three important variants have emerged: community development regionalism, in which the main interest is in using regional levers to promote a new form of community revitalization; policy change regionalism, in which the main emphasis is on shifting government rules to better distribute metropolitan resources; and social movement regionalism, in which the focus is on mobilizing communities for collective action at a regional level. Drawing on a series of case studies from across the country, we argue that all these variants have a role but that social movement regionalism may be particularly effective in productively addressing the inevitable tensions and conflicts that emerge in regional equity strategies, including the relationship to business-oriented regionalism, labor--community alliances, and the role of race. We conclude by speculating on the recent efforts of social movement regionalism to scale up, suggesting that this could present an important contribution to a broader and deeper movement for progressive social change in the United States

Collective action · Development economics · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Equity (law · Geography · Metropolitan area · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Regionalism (politics · Social movement · Sociology · Homelessness and Social Issues · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering · Social Capital and Networks