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作者

Brady Collins;Angel Medrano

来源

CITIES,Vol.130,Issue1,Article 103882

语言

英文

关键字

Participatory urban governance;Urban planning;Neighborhood politics;Community;Development;Civic engagement

作者单位

Department of Political Science, Cal Poly Pomona, United States of America;Department of Political Science, Cal Poly Pomona, United States of America

摘要

With the neighborhood seen as the ideal unit for participatory modes of governance, many cities in the United States have established formal systems of neighborhood councils to increase civic participation, improve service delivery, and enhance democracy. Founded in 1999, Los Angeles boasts the most extensive neighborhood council system in the country. Through an ethnographic study of two neighborhood councils in LA this study investigates how neighborhood councils influence land-use and policy decision making. It finds that political capital, negotiation, and associational leverage are the most important tools for these councils in exerting influence. In doing so, the authors suggest that the oft-cited justifications for pursuing formalized modes of participatory urban governance do not take into consideration the sociopolitical dimensions of urban governance and urban regimes.