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Woods, David William.

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Rebuilding Lower Manhattan: Participatory democracy, civic renewal & the question of citizen voice.

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Rebuilding Lower Manhattan: Participatory democracy, civic renewal & the question of citizen voice./
Author:	Woods, David William.
Description:	244 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 70-09, Section: A, page: 3663.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International70-09A.
Subject:	Sociology, Theory and Methods. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3377060
ISBN:	9781109377682

Rebuilding Lower Manhattan: Participatory democracy, civic renewal & the question of citizen voice.
Woods, David William.

Rebuilding Lower Manhattan: Participatory democracy, civic renewal & the question of citizen voice. - 244 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 70-09, Section: A, page: 3663.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Fordham University, 2009.

In the wake of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, middle class professionals organized a civic renewal movement to give citizens a voice in expressing the meanings of this event and in the rebuilding of Lower Manhattan. Their aim was to help ordinary citizens influence decision-makers with institutional power to decide the future of the 16-acre World Trade Center site and surrounding areas. The sociological questions focus on the motives and efficacy of leaders of the four coalitions---The Civic Alliance to Rebuild Downtown New York, New York/New Visions, Imagine New York, and Rebuild Downtown Our Town---in assessing the extent to which middle class leaders really believed in participatory democracy, and consistency and effectiveness of their efforts to empower the democratic participation of other citizens. I analyze what constitutes "effective empowerment," and what kinds of tools, processes, and resources seem to work best in such disaster-linked American context. In framing my analysis I draw on three strands of social theory: (1) contextual participatory and deliberative democracy, (2) classical American pragmatism, and (3) contemporary feminist standpoint theory. My methods research included participant/observation, interviews with 36 leaders, and archival review. In the first year, Phase One, September 2001 to September 2002 I found both consistency in leaders' motivations and significant effectiveness of their efforts; I also describe a drop off in effectiveness, after the leaders were drawn into "expert" consulting roles in a longer, less publicized Phase Two, October 2002 to December 2005. While this study is unique in focusing on middle class professional leaders, it offers lessons for other civic renewal movements in the United States and elsewhere, whether or not disaster-related.

ISBN: 9781109377682Subjects--Topical Terms:

626625
Sociology, Theory and Methods.

Rebuilding Lower Manhattan: Participatory democracy, civic renewal & the question of citizen voice.
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