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Dissertation
Politics, planning and power: Reorganizing and redeveloping public housing in Chicago
2009
Overview
This dissertation explores the translation and adaptation of national policy by local governance to fit specific local contexts by examining the process through which HOPE VI backed public housing redevelopment plans have been created and implemented in Chicago, IL. Previous research on the HOPE VI program has largely focused on two aspects of the program: HOPE VI as an evolution of U.S. public housing policy and specific outcomes of the program in a particular location. While both bodies of literature acknowledge the important role of local governance and context in shaping redevelopment plans, neither adequately explores this process. This dissertation examines (1) the process through which decisions regarding the planning and implementation of public housing redevelopment at the local level have been reached, and (2) the effect of the local political, institutional, economic and spatial context on these decisions. It finds that Chicago's public housing redevelopment planning has been a path dependent process that has required the collaboration of competing interests. However, divisions, particularly class-based divisions, have not been set aside in favor of collaborative action to address local problems. Rather, ostensibly collaborative institutional arrangements have become venues for conflict and have served to reinforce or exacerbate existing power disparities. This dissertation provides a deeper understanding of the specific implementation of the HOPE VI program in Chicago as well as the functioning of the program more generally. It bridges the policy gap that exists between federal level programs and local implementation and furthers understanding of how local power structures and contexts influence the ability to produce equitable outcomes from urban redevelopment projects.
Publisher
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
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ISBN
110934662X, 9781109346626
