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Where do we go from here? Community participation and empowerment in the Empowerment Zone: Atlanta, 1994--2002.

机译：我们从这里去哪里？赋权区的社区参与和赋权：亚特兰大，1994--2002。

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The concepts of community participation and community empowerment have been the focus of several federal programs, such as the Empowerment Zone (EZ), purportedly designed to alleviate poverty in urban areas through the participation of residents. This research examines what effect those concepts had on conditions within targeted communities from the perspective of community representatives whose voice is not often heard. The study analyzes whether the EZ program strengthened the community's ability to take control of and/or influence decisions affecting its quality of life.;The research proposes a conceptual framework of community participation as empowerment and demonstrates the need for a more holistic approach to comprehensive planning initiatives. The framework identifies factors that are needed to make participation meaningful or effective---exercise of power; access to resources; and identification of results or benefits for the community. This dissertation uses a case study research design and qualitative data collection methods to examine four neighborhoods of the Atlanta Empowerment Zone (AEZ) that were also part of the Model Cities program in the 1960s.;Although there was strong emphasis on the importance of community participation and community empowerment as key components of the strategy, no clear definition or guidance was provided as to how the participation requirement would be implemented. Likewise, it was unclear what was intended by empowerment. The research findings show the community representatives encountered significant barriers to their participation in the decision-making processes. Among these were the absolute control exercised by the mayor's office thwarting community recommendations; and the lack of adequate resources to support independent actions by the community. The research identifies that the real issue is about power and the need for a more equitable distribution of power. The overall findings also demonstrate that the institutionalization of the historic effects of racism, which is directly tied to the conditions of persistent poverty and the lack of power, must be addressed even when the factor of race is not an overt driving force. Otherwise, there will be no significant change in the conditions of communities affected by poverty.
机译：社区参与和社区赋权的概念一直是几个联邦计划的重点，例如赋权区（EZ），据称旨在通过居民的参与减轻城市地区的贫困。这项研究从不经常听到声音的社区代表的角度考察了这些概念对目标社区条件的影响。这项研究分析了EZ计划是否增强了社区控制和/或影响影响其生活质量的决定的能力。该研究提出了社区参与作为赋权的概念框架，并表明了需要采用更整体的方法来进行综合规划倡议。该框架确定了使参与有意义或有效的必要因素-行使权力；获取资源；以及为社区确定结果或收益。本文采用案例研究设计和定性数据收集方法，考察了亚特兰大赋权区（AEZ）的四个街区，这些街区也是1960年代模范城市计划的组成部分。尽管人们非常强调社区参与的重要性社区赋权作为该战略的重要组成部分，未就如何实施参与要求提供明确的定义或指导。同样，不清楚赋权的目的是什么。研究结果表明，社区代表在参与决策过程中遇到了重大障碍。其中包括市长办公室对社区建议的绝对控制；以及缺乏足够的资源来支持社区的独立行动。研究表明，真正的问题与权力有关，需要更公平地分配权力。总体结果还表明，即使种族因素不是明显的推动力，也必须解决种族主义的历史影响的制度化问题，这种影响直接与持续贫困和缺乏权力的条件有关。否则，受贫困影响的社区的状况将不会发生重大变化。

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    Jackson, Deborah A.;

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    Southern New Hampshire University.;

  • 授予单位 Southern New Hampshire University.;
  • 学科 Black Studies.;Sociology Social Structure and Development.;Urban and Regional Planning.;Law.
  • 学位 Ph.D.
  • 年度 2009
  • 页码 205 p.
  • 总页数 205
  • 原文格式 PDF
  • 正文语种 eng
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