Dynamics of Community Formation
Developing Identity and Notions of Home
Published on 18. October 2017
Book
Hardback
XV, 253 pages
978-1-137-53358-6 (ISBN)
Description
This interdisciplinary work discusses the construction, maintenance, evolution, and destruction of home and community spaces, which are central to the development of social cohesion. By examining how people throughout the world form different communities to establish a sense of home, the volume surveys the formation of identity within the context of rapid development, global and domestic neoliberal and political governmental policies, and various societal pressures. The themes of cooperation, conflict, inclusion, exclusion, and balance require negotiation between different actors (e.g., the state, professional developers, social activists, and residents) as homes and communities develop.
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Edition
2018 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
3 s/w Abbildungen
XV, 253 p. 3 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
468 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-137-53358-6 (9781137533586)
DOI
10.1057/978-1-137-53359-3
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Robert W. Compton | Jr. | Ho Hon Leung
Dynamics of Community Formation
Developing Identity and Notions of Home
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10/2017
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Palgrave Macmillan
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Persons
Robert W. Compton, Jr. is Professor of Africana and Latino Studies and Political Science at SUNY, College at Oneonta, USA. His research interests include political development and international political economy of Southern Africa and East Asia.
Ho Hon Leung is Professor of Sociology at SUNY, College at Oneonta, USA. His research interests include ethnic relations, immigration, urban studies, architectural sociology, and comparative aging. He is also Director and Co-founder of 4C5M Studio.
Yaser Robles is a faculty member in the History, Philosophy, Religion and Social Sciences Department (HPRSS) at Choate Rosemary Hall, USA. His research interests include colonial Latin America, Latin American and Caribbean Diasporas to the United States, and Afro-Latin American cultures.
Ho Hon Leung is Professor of Sociology at SUNY, College at Oneonta, USA. His research interests include ethnic relations, immigration, urban studies, architectural sociology, and comparative aging. He is also Director and Co-founder of 4C5M Studio.
Yaser Robles is a faculty member in the History, Philosophy, Religion and Social Sciences Department (HPRSS) at Choate Rosemary Hall, USA. His research interests include colonial Latin America, Latin American and Caribbean Diasporas to the United States, and Afro-Latin American cultures.
Content
1. The Home-making Trajectories and Challenges of Chinese Immigrants in Canada.- 2. Latino Experience in the Barrios of the South Bronx, New York City: the Other Side of the American Dream.- 3. Cultural Memory in Mainland Immigrants' Settlement of Taiwan: a Case Study of Zuoying Naval Veterans' Villages.- 4. Homes in Transition: Youths' Experiences in Singapore's Rental Housing.- 5. Lessons from Post-disaster Home Reconstruction: Dujiangyan City, China.- 6. The Narrative Construction of ?? (Fang-Nu) - an Urban Identity in Post-Modern China.- 7. Challenges of Heritage Development Projects in Macau and Penang: Preservation and Anti-preservation.- 8. Longing and Belonging in Greater Accra: Making Home and Queer Community.- 9. Home Formation and the Use of Violence in Zimbabwe.- 10. Building Consensus?: Russian Nationalism as Social Cohesion and Division.- 11. Epilogue: Transforming Catacombs and the City of Paris: The Spatial Relationship between the home for the Living and the Dead.