The geography of community and political organisation in London today
The geography of community and political organisation in London today
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当今伦敦社区和政治组织的地理
DOI：
10.1016/j.polgeo.2011.11.003
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发表时间：
2012
影响因子：
4.1
通讯作者：
J. Wills
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作者：
J. Wills
设置在日益关注的背景下缺乏一个连贯的政治应对经济危机，并在英国城市的破坏性城市暴力事件后，本文强调了迫切需要在英国等国家的政治组织的新形式。本文重点介绍了显着的增长和突出的社区组织在英国。最大的社区联盟，称为伦敦公民，现在在首都获得了巨大的支持和影响力，并吸引了来自英国各地的政治家，记者和评论员的关注。社区组织的兴起与社会科学中的许多学术研究背道而驰，这些学术研究长期以来一直宣称地理社区及其社会政治意义在现代大都会中已经死亡。该文件概述了这方面的文献，并强调了人口更替、多样性增加和社交网络延伸的特别重要性。在这种情况下，本文探讨了伦敦公民如何能够使用一个特定的地理架构来应对这些挑战。本文认为，伦敦市民的地域性但制度性的网络结构对其成长和影响尤为重要。这种政治模式定位了社会团结的制度孤岛，并在它们之间建立了联系，创造了一个新的社区，能够减轻人口流动和整个城市社交网络拉伸的一些影响。该文件强调了这一地缘政治架构的优势和劣势，提请注意机构隶属关系，身份的形成，集体记忆的复制，以及资金问题的重要性。
Set in the context of growing concern about the lack of a coherent political response to the economic crisis, and in the aftermath of devastating urban violence in English cities, this paper highlights the pressing need for new forms of political organisation in countries like the UK. The paper focuses on the remarkable growth and prominence of community organising in the UK. The largest community alliance, called London Citizens, now commands significant support and influence in the capital and is attracting attention from politicians, journalists and commentators from across the UK. The rising profile of community organising flies in the face of much scholarship in the social sciences which has long declared the death of geographical community – and its socio-political significance – in the modern metropolis. The paper provides an overview of this literature and highlights the particular importance of population turnover, increased diversity and stretched social networks. In this context, the paper then explores how London Citizens has been able to use a particular geographical architecture to work with and against these challenges. The paper argues that London Citizens’ territorial but institutionally networked structure is particularly important to its growth and impact. This model of politics locates institutional islands of social solidarity and forges connections between them, creating a new community that is able to mitigate some of the effects of population turnover and stretched social networks in the city-at-large. The paper highlights the strengths and weaknesses of this geo-political architecture, drawing attention to the importance of institutional affiliation, identity-making, the reproduction of collective memory, and the issue of funding.
为什么政治很重要：让民主发挥作用
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发表时间：
2016
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影响因子：
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作者：
Stoker
通讯作者：
Stoker