Fighting for Control
Open Access
- 1 May 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Urban Affairs Review
- Vol. 42 (5), 603-628
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1078087406296604
Abstract
The loss of political influence is an important adverse consequence of gentrification for long-time residents. This study examines why neighborhood organizations in three gentrifying neighborhoods in Atlanta, Georgia, chose to address this potential problem, while organizations in another gentrifying community did not. Organizations of long-time residents, whether formed before gentrification or in response to it, were more likely to address political displacement. Neighborhood organizations with strong track records of providing benefits for neighbors and that adopted accepted organizational forms were more likely to mobilize effectively to protect the political participation of long-time residents. Interorganizational conflict minimized groups' ability to address political changes.Keywords
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