Gunnar Almgren (2012)‚ provides an in depth analysis of social justice theories‚ Libertarianism‚ Utilitarianism‚ Marxism‚ and the Capabilities Approach. Utilitarianism is the belief of maximizing good for the greatest amount of people (Almgren‚ 2012‚ p. 8). An example of this is taxes that are levied in order to build community infrastructures. This theory is extremely useful as it focuses on the happiness and benefits of citizens. However‚ after reading Madison Powers and Ruth Faden’s Essential
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as development continues and property values rise‚ gentrification will become an issue for community residents. This has been an area where they have found a home and space of cultural and political empowerment‚ at the same time as being subject to very high levels of poverty‚ ill-health and unemployment. It is thus no surprise that the gentrification of Harlem over the last couple of decades has been highly contentious and contested. Gentrification is never a neutral process. Much of the academic
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I really enjoyed the documentary East of Liberty. It is very important to talk about issues surrounding gentrification‚ especially when it is clearly happening in the neighborhoods of Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh has a very strong identity‚ and pushing people out of these neighborhoods takes away from the identity of our city because they are Pittsburgh. It is very easy for people who live outside of the city‚ such as myself‚ to say they are from Pittsburgh‚ but that simply is not the case. The people
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In Roll With It: Brass Bands in the Streets of New Orleans‚ Matt Sakakeeny illustrates the everyday life of the brass band musicians in New Orleans and presents a series of issues in full details. Power dynamics become a major theme in Sakakeeny’s ethnography. Violence‚ as a way of using forces and creating destruction‚ demonstrates such power dynamics. More specifically‚ the interpersonal and structural violence are characterized by forced reconstruction of the community‚ local law and restrictions
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1 Gentrification J.E. Philpot Bowie State University December 2012 2 Part I Defining Gentrification as a Social Issue 3 Gentrification by definition is the development and redistribution of economic wealth in a community or defined area that uplifts the average household value‚ possibly causing unwanted displacement (Kennedy & Leonard‚ 2001). Some economist would define the poor as being displaced‚ but this process does not solely affect lower-wage
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the bigger heading of social inequality. Social inequality is the inability of people to have equal opportunity (Fonza and Owen). Social inequality and urban poverty are such rampant problems today due to systematic racism‚ pay inequality‚ and gentrification. Through discriminatory federal processes such as redlining‚ minorities still struggle to regain lost footing from decades previous. A large portion of this is the government’s part in exacerbating “existing social inequalities‚ particularly those
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artists used it as means to showcase their art‚ while others used it as a public speech and highlight gentrification within the area. Despite its artistic nature‚ city governments quickly labeled graffiti as a form of “vandalism”‚ and instilled various programs to rectify the problem. Philadelphia and New York in particular had to most success in subduing graffiti and dealing with gentrification‚ although in vastly different manors. Many graffiti artists use graffiti to
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In the past few decades there has been a rapid shift in the economy from a largely industrial based economy to a service based economy. This deindustrialization has had far reaching effects on the inner city and in particular it’s lower and lower middle class workers. Deindustrialization is a process of social and economic change caused by the removal or reduction of industrial companies. As a result jobs within the industrial and manufacturing industry are drastically reduced. This decrease in
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The process of gentrification could be observed by some to be remarkably constructive‚ while as Morrison’s depiction in Sula‚ a cold tyrannical machine that slaughters all culture. Within the closing chapter‚ Nel is walking the streets of the Bottom and begins to elucidate
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residents of poor areas could benefit from Kop van Zuid renewal scheme as well. The Erasmus Bridge shows evidence of old functioning‚ such as old docks and old harbour. You can find urban renewal in public services in big buildings and no sight of gentrification. (Figure 1.0 shows evidence of old functioning harbour and renewal in a big building). There’s not really a hint old buildings‚ because most of them are new and renovated. No sight of living houses‚ but clearly visible transportation system such
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