Doctoral Dissertation Research: Can Regularization of Former Squatters Transition Them into Urban Citizens?

该项目考察了城市发展的历史、城市擅自占用者的合法化及其对发展中社区的影响。这项研究将考察不同的政府如何评估非法占用土地的问题，并向公众阐述这个问题；它将确定各州为谁以及为什么将非法占用合法化；它还将评估大麻合法化的影响，包括依从性和阻力。研究将采用多种方法，包括档案研究、社区特征和国家反应的定量分析以及定性访谈。联合调查团将在两个地点驻留几个月以收集这些数据。该研究有助于重新建立国家建设理论，为象征性治理的文献做出贡献，并确定在不同条件下扩大城市公民身份的影响。

This project examines the history of urban growth, legalization of urban squatters, and its effects on developing communities. The research will examine how different governments evaluated the issue of squatting and framed it to the public; it will identify for whom and why states legalized squatting; and it will assess the effects of legalization, including compliance and resistance. Research will be multi-method, including archival research, quantitative analysis of community characteristics and state responses, and qualitative interviews. The co-PI will remain on-site in two locations for several months to collect these data. The research helps re-theorize state-building, contributes to the literature on symbolic governance, and identifies the effects of extending urban citizenship under differing conditions.