In this article, I connect political communication with urban politics by conceptualizing an interdisciplinary urban politics research framework. Drawing on Pierre Bourdieu's theories of practice and communication, I offer an urban politics research model that simultaneously addresses the dimensions of power struggle and symbolic struggle in urban politics. The theoretical modeling is discussed from an interdisciplinary approach to social studies and constructed with a methodological suggestion of tripartite social network analysis.
In this article, I connect political communication with urban politics by conceptualizing an interdisciplinary urban politics research framework. Drawing on Pierre Bourdieu's theories of practice and communication, I offer an urban politics research model that simultaneously addresses the dimensions of power struggle and symbolic struggle in urban politics. The theoretical modeling is discussed from an interdisciplinary approach to social studies and constructed with a methodological suggestion of tripartite social network analysis.
This research aimed to reconstruct a local urban politics and develop a meso-micro-level model of urban politics through a case study, drawing on a Bourdieusian relational framework. To this end, it investigated the case of local low-income housing policy – inclusionary zoning – in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. It historicized the path of the local low-income policy issue through document analysis and qualitative media content analysis. Through multiple analyses, the study revealed that urban politics consists of complex interlinkages among stakeholders with shared values or interests from different social domains, created in order to dominate the policy issue. The study further investigated, on the basis of Bourdieu's concepts of capital and habitus, what elicited different political strategies from key community leaders.
AbstractThis research aimed to reconstruct a local urban politics and develop a meso–micro‐level model of urban politics through a case study, drawing on a Bourdieusian relational framework. To this end, it investigated the case of local low‐income housing policy — inclusionary zoning — in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. It historicized the path of the local low‐income policy issue through document analysis and qualitative media content analysis. Through multiple analyses, the study revealed that urban politics consists of complex interlinkages among stakeholders with shared values or interests from different social domains, created in order to dominate the policy issue. The study further investigated, on the basis of Bourdieu's concepts of capital and habitus, what elicited different political strategies from key community leaders.
As social complexity in and around local communties has increased, community development has confronted the need to address diverse interets and perspectives by employing collaboration and cooperation among various stakeholders. This project is aimed at suggesting another theoretical framework for collective problem-solving by strategizing interorganizational networks with assistance of multi-modes network analysis. It has reviewed literature in interorganizational collaboration, public-private partnership, stakeholder analysis, network analysis for stakeholder anaysis, and Formal Concept Analysis for multi-mode network analysis. Then, it has attempted to create a prototype matrix for modeling a community resources mapping project by using a software program, Concept Explore. It has also discussed how to incorporate the mapping project into Community Informatics, a technological strategy to connect community development efforts with emerging technological innovation such as civic networks, virtual community, and electronic democracy, for robust and sustainable community development.
This study purposes to build a generic theoretical framework of urban politics, drawing on Bourdieu's relational sociology and theory of practice. Through a Bourdieusian relational mode of analysis, the study has conceptualized subfields of urban politics and the possible dimensions of politics among stakeholders in different subfields. In addition, the two conceptual spaces of positions and position-takings in the field of urban politics were hypothetically constructed with a methodological suggestion of Galois lattice analysis. The concepts of capital and habitus have also been related to develop the theoretical framework.
This study purposes to build a generic theoretical framework of urban politics, drawing on Bourdieu's relational sociology and theory of practice. Through a Bourdieusian relational mode of analysis, the study has conceptualized subfields of urban politics and the possible dimensions of politics among stakeholders in different subfields. In addition, the two conceptual spaces of positions and position-takings in the field of urban politics were hypothetically constructed with a methodological suggestion of Galois lattice analysis. The concepts of capital and habitus have also been related to develop the theoretical framework.
The goal of the project outlined in this paper is to create a conceptual foundation and methodological guide of community resources and communications mapping for collective problem solving and civic engagement on behalf of civil society. The purpose is twofold: (1) to help civil society effectively identify the most appropriate stakeholders for collective problem-solving networks, and (2) to help civil society strategically participate in politics by building public discourse advocacy networks. To this end, the literature on collaboration, focused on public-private-civic partnerships, and on relationship-based and politics-based collaboration theories is reviewed. Then, after reviewing stakeholder mapping and network analysis for collaboration, we suggest integrating tripartite network analysis of community resources and communications mapping projects to serve the study's dual purposes.
Autonomous Airborne and Ground-Based Weather Sensor Network for Monitoring Atmospheric Boundary Layer Conditions in the Peruvian Andes Dr. Robert Hellström Over nearly a decade, an autonomous weather sensor network (ASN) of ground-based automated instruments extending across the crest of the Cordillera Blanca of the Peruvian Andes Mountains has provided data crucial for evaluating climate change indicators. In June and July 2013, eight new weather stations were installed in the Cordillera Blanca of the Peruvian Andes Mountains as part of a multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional program for assessing hydrological, glaciological and vegetative change. This project used CARS FLRG grant funds to upgrade and expand the ASN and to design a portable cost-effective, airborne sensor platform for measuring atmospheric conditions using a kite. Field experiences, preliminary data and future plans will be discussed. How Industry Shapes and is Shaped by Regulatory Processes: A Look at Air Pollution in the U.S. Power Industry and the Evolution of the Clean Air Act Dr. Kelley Donalds, Dr. Xiangrong Liu This presentation describes an example of how regulatory processes are created and changed over time, specifically, the case of the Clean Air Act (CAA) and the U.S. power industry. This case is important since the power industry plays a vital role in the well-being of society and because it is a major contributor to air pollution. Additionally, legal scholars have argued that the CAA is the most complex federal environmental legislation ever enacted in U.S. Three observations will be discussed. First, multiple stakeholders with conflicting objectives are actively involved. These stakeholders include executive, legislative and judicial branches of the federal government, state governments, environmental and public health non-governmental organizations, industry associations and individual citizens. Individual states are often pitted against one another and industry groups do not always agree. Second, due to the conflictual nature of the process and multiplicity of issues involved, rules are long delayed and entail unintended consequences. Third, the totality of rules becomes increasingly complex over time as regulators attempt to address multiple conflicting goals and rectify unintended consequences. Modeling a Community Resources Mapping Project for Strategic Community Development and Civic Engagement Dr. Yongjun Shin This project aims to develop a conceptual foundation and a methodological prototype to create a community resources mapping project, which will be designed to provide the public and civic entities with a comprehensive database on community resources and a networking system to solve local communities' public issues and problems through strategic coalition and collaborative problem-solving engagement. Some community organizers in the civic sector employ Community Informatics, a technological strategy to connect community development efforts with emerging technological innovation such as civic networks, virtual community, and electronic democracy. However, the efforts are limited to the extent of providing online agoras or public spheres for public deliberation, so that they have not been able to provide more effective coalition strategy to solve community problems and sometimes participate in community politics. This study attempts to demonstrate the rationale for the community resources mapping project and design a prototype of the mapping strategy.
