TY - JOUR
T1 - Understanding the civic activities of the residents of inner-city neighborhoods
T2 - Two case studies
AU - Greenberg, Michael
N1 - Funding Information:
1I would like to thank my colleagues Frank Popper and Dona Schneider for their comments on an earlier version of this paper. I would like to thank the Consortium for Risk Evaluation with Stakeholder Participation (CRESP) from the U.S. Department of Energy, Instrument DE-FC01-95EW 55084, for supporting the field work. While some of the questions developed for this survey are also being used in CRESP research, the observations, conclusions, and interpretations are solely the responsibility of the author and should not in any way be interpreted as representing the views of the U.S. Department of Energy, its contractors, or any other members of CRESP. A detailed presentation is beyond the scope of this research note. For summaries, see Rotter, 1966, Clay and Hollister, 1983; Seley, 1983; Leavitt and Saegert, 1988; Scheier et al., 1989; Taylor and Chatters, 1991; Flynn et al., 1992; Greenberg and Schneider, 1996, 1997; Putnam, 1996.
PY - 1998/1/1
Y1 - 1998/1/1
N2 - A survey of 102 residents of two inner-city areas in New Jersey that are stressed by crime, blight, and other serious problems measured residents' values and activities in support of their neighborhoods. Strong values were associated with older female respondents who had strong religious convictions and who did not trust science and experts. Multiple neighborhood actions were prevalent among older respondents who did not trust science and experts, were optimistic, had a strong internal sense of control, had taken actions to protect their personal health, and were troubled by abandoned houses in the neighborhood. Thirteen of the 102 respondents had taken many actions, had strong values, and shared similar personality and demographic attributes. The characteristics of this multiple activity group are compared to conventional assertions about the characteristics of Americans engaged in civic activities.
AB - A survey of 102 residents of two inner-city areas in New Jersey that are stressed by crime, blight, and other serious problems measured residents' values and activities in support of their neighborhoods. Strong values were associated with older female respondents who had strong religious convictions and who did not trust science and experts. Multiple neighborhood actions were prevalent among older respondents who did not trust science and experts, were optimistic, had a strong internal sense of control, had taken actions to protect their personal health, and were troubled by abandoned houses in the neighborhood. Thirteen of the 102 respondents had taken many actions, had strong values, and shared similar personality and demographic attributes. The characteristics of this multiple activity group are compared to conventional assertions about the characteristics of Americans engaged in civic activities.
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U2 - 10.2747/0272-3638.19.1.68
DO - 10.2747/0272-3638.19.1.68
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0031878646
SN - 0272-3638
VL - 19
SP - 68
EP - 76
JO - Urban Geography
JF - Urban Geography
IS - 1
ER -