Up Against the Law: Legal Structuring of Political Opportunities in Neighborhood Opposition to Group Home Siting in Massachusetts
Up Against the Law: Legal Structuring of Political Opportunities in Neighborhood Opposition to Group Home Siting in Massachusetts
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违反法律：马萨诸塞州社区反对集体住宅选址的政治机会的法律结构
DOI：
10.1080/02723638.2013.790640
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发表时间：
2013
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影响因子：
3.8
通讯作者：
D. Martin
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作者：
D. Martin
为无家可归者或与成瘾作斗争的人建立集体之家的地点冲突说明了当地行动主义和超当地法律之间的多尺度动态。在马萨诸塞州，州一级的法律的环境限制了反对集体住房的有效性;然而，这种反对发生在市一级。借鉴媒体报道，官方文件，并与利益相关者的采访中的冲突，在伍斯特，马萨诸塞州，我调查的动态邻里地方索赔，当地国家的反应，和全州范围内的法律管辖组家庭选址。审查法律的框架相关的社会运动的不满表明，法律结构的抗议和地方政府的反应提供的政治机会。
Abstract Conflicts over siting of group homes for people transitioning out of homelessness or struggling with addiction illustrate the multiscalar dynamics at play between locally-based activism and supra-local laws. In Massachusetts, the state-scale legal environment limits the effectiveness of opposition to group housing; nonetheless, such opposition occurs at the municipal level. Drawing on media accounts, official documents, and interviews with stakeholders in conflicts over group home siting in Worcester, Massachusetts, I investigate the dynamics between neighborhood place claims, the responses of the local state, and the state-wide laws governing group home siting. Examining the legal frameworks relevant to social movement grievances demonstrate that law structures the political opportunities available for protest and local government response.