Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-03-08 - Publisher: Princeton University Press
Since the end of the civil rights era in the sixties it has become increasingly clear that social and political conflicts cannot be resolved entirely at the national level. Struggles between residents of poor neighborhoods and local interest groups or public authorities present some of our most explosive domestic political
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-01-25 - Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Adopting a cross-cultural perspective, this book utilizes data collected from several large-scale surveys to assess the neighborhood social control system in a changing urban China. It conceptualizes this system through different types of neighborhood social control at private, parochial, semi-public, public, and market levels. The book highlights the importance of
Authors: Robert J. Pekkanen, Yutaka Tsujinaka, Hidehiro Yamamoto
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-06-20 - Publisher: Routledge
Although local neighborhood associations are found in many countries, Japan’s are distinguished by their ubiquity, scope of activities, and very high participation rates, making them important for the study of society and politics. Most Japanese belong to one local neighborhood association or another, making them Japan’s most numerous civil society