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The World in Brooklyn

Gentrification, Immigration, and Ethnic Politics in a Global City

von: Judith DeSena, Timothy Shortell, Noel S. Anderson, Alessandro Busà, Evrick Brown, Jennifer Candipan, Phyllis Conn, Roberta Cordeau, William DiFazio, Shanna Farrell, Kenneth A. Gould, Jerome Krase, Steve Lang, Tammy L. Lewis, Sara Martucci, Lorna Mason, Ed Morlock, Christina Pisano, Bengisu Peker, Mark Peterson, Nicole Riorda, Danielle Shallow, Gregory Smithsimon, Mark Treskon
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Verlag:	Lexington Books
Format:	EPUB
Veröffentl.:	22.03.2012
ISBN/EAN:	9780739166710
Sprache:	englisch
Anzahl Seiten:	430

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The World in Brooklyn: Gentrification, Immigration, and Ethnic Politics in a Global City, is a collection of scholarly papers which analyze demographic, social, political, and economic trends that are occurring in Brooklyn. Brooklyn, as the context, reflects global forces while also contributing to them. The idea for this volume developed as the editors discovered a group of scholars from different disciplines and various universities studying Brooklyn. Brooklyn has always been legendary and has more recently regained its stature as a much sought after place to live, work and have fun. Popular folklore has it that most U.S. residents trace their family origins to Brooklyn. It is presently referred to as one of the “hippest” places in New York. Thus, this book is a collection of demographic, ethnographic, and comparative studies which focus on urban dynamics in Brooklyn. The chapters investigate issues of social class, urban development, immigration, race, ethnicity and politics within the context of Brooklyn. As a whole, this book considers both theoretical and practical urban issues. In most cases the scholarly perspective is on everyday life. With this in mind there are also social justice concerns. Issues of social segregation and attendant homogenization are brought to light. Moreover, social class and race advantages or disadvantages, as part of urban processes, are underscored through critiques of local policy decisions throughout the chapters. A common thread is the assertion by contributors that planning the future of Brooklyn needs to include multi-ethnic, racial, and economic groups, those very residents who make-up Brooklyn.

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Chapter 1: Introduction: The World in Brooklyn Judith N. DeSena and Timothy Shortell Chapter 2: Mapping a Changing Brooklyn, Mapping a Changing World: Gentrification and Immigration, 2000-2008 Lorna Mason, Ed Morlock and Christina Pisano Chapter 3: Forgetting Poverty in Brooklyn and the U.S. William DiFazio Chapter 4: Gentrification in Everyday Life in Brooklyn Judith N. DeSena Chapter 5: “Williamsburg Walks”: Public Space and Community Events in a Gentrified Neighborhood Sara Martucci Chapter 6: The Environmental Injustice of Green Gentrification: The Case of Brooklyn’s Prospect Park Kenneth A. Gould and Tammy L. Lewis Chapter 7: Rezoning Coney Island: A History of Decline and Revival, of Heroes and Villains at the “People’s Playground Alessandro Busà Chapter 8: The Gowanus Canal: Local Politics of “Superfunding” Status Shanna Farrell Chapter 9: Striving for Sustainability on the Urban Waterfront: The Case of Newtown Creek Steve Lang Chapter 10: Riding the Bus in Brooklyn: Seeing the Spectacle of Everyday Multicultural Life Jerome Krase Chapter 11: Brooklyn and Belleville: On the Visual Semiotics of Ethnic Identity in Two Immigrant Neighborhoods Timothy Shortell Chapter 12: Constructing an Oppositional Community: Sunset Park and the Politics of Organizing Across Difference Mark Treskon Chapter 13: An Ethnography of Local Politics in a Brooklyn Caribbean Community Evrick Brown Chapter 14: The Dual Roles of Brighton Beach: A Local and Global Community Phyllis Conn Chapter 15: Hood Politics: Charter Schools, Race and Gentrification in Fort Greene Noel S. Anderson Chapter 16: Revising Canarsie: Racial Transition and Neighborhood Stability in Brooklyn Jennifer Candipan, Roberta Cordeau, Mark Peterson, Nicole Riordan, Bengisu Peker, Danielle Shallow and Gregory Smithsimon