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

这个项目考察了城市发展的历史，城市棚户区的合法化，以及它对发展中社区的影响。这项研究将研究不同的政府如何评估擅自占用的问题，并将其框向公众;它将确定谁和为什么国家合法化擅自占用;它将评估合法化的影响，包括遵守和抵制。 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。共同主要研究者将在两个地点停留数月，以收集这些数据。这项研究有助于重新理论化国家建设，有助于文献的象征性治理，并确定在不同条件下扩大城市公民的影响。

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.