Neighborhood Self-management

Schmid, Hillel

ISBN 10: 0306465116 / ISBN 13: 9780306465116

Edité par Springer Science+Business Media, 2001

A propos de cet article

Western governments are reducing their role in communal services and encouraging nongovernmental organizations to expand theirs. This book describes the emergence and development of community organizations in Jerusalem and compares them to similar organizations in ten other countries. Series: Nonprofit and Civil Society Studies. Num Pages: 183 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 990. . 2001. Hardback. . . . .

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Neighborhood Self-management
• Éditeur: Springer Science+Business Media
• Date de parution: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0306465116
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780306465116
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• État de l'article: New

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Synopsis

Over the past two decades, Western countries have witnessed changes in the governance of local authorities. During that period, governmental authority and traditional governmental functions have gradually shifted to local authorities at the municipal level. In keeping with this trend, the governments have attempted to diminish their role in the provision of social, human, and communal services and encouraged nongovernmental organizations to penetrate the arena of services previously supplied by the government. In the community domain, neighborhood organizations that encourage citizen involvement and participation in policymaking and decisions concerning their life and well-being have gained increasing influence. In this regard, the emergence of the community council and its development as a unique entity in the municipal arena is particularly noteworthy. The community council reflects an advanced stage in the development of community and voluntary organizations that lacked the organizational and professional infrastructure, know-how, and technologies, as well as the competence to cope with the powerful governmental and municipal establish- ment. The community council reflects the developed civic consciousness of the city's residents, who demand responses to their changing and heterogeneous needs. In this context, neighborhood residents have sought to establish a powerful and influential organization that serves them and represents their interests vis-a.-vis the municipal and governmental authorities.