%0 Journal Article %1 RefWorks:260 %A Reardon, Ken %A Welsh, John %A Kreiswirth, Brian %A Forester, John %D 1993 %J American Sociologist %K -- COMMUNITY PARTICIPANT Research; SOCIAL change; development; observation organization; planning; sciences %N 1 %P 69-91 %T Participatory Action Research from the Inside: Community Development Practice in East St. Louis %U http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=9512181074&site=ehost-live %V 24 %X The article presents an account of politics, race, method and social change drawn from one key participant's experience with an ambitious participatory action research project in East St. Louis. Many local and state planning agencies are dominated by the interests of well-established corporate entities, so the planning agendas of most urban areas are dominated by the major downtown business interests and developers: the real estate network. The concerns and problems and needs of low-income and working class residential neighborhoods, as well as the interests of industrial firms located in older residential neighborhoods, rarely get treated in a serious manner on the local planning agenda. The idea of involving low-income and working class The challenge there is to try to put the needs of the poor who live in East St. Louis on the agenda of regional and state decision makers because there are no local resources that can really be drawn upon to address these needs, and there has not been any serious planning done in the city for almost ten years. The planning department was disbanded because there weren't any resources at the local level to address these concerns, and the county and regional planning agencies have withdrawn all planning services from the city because the city could not pay for these services. Participating faculty members are working hard to raise funding to permit the university to hire an experienced community development specialist as a project manager. %@ 00031232

@article{RefWorks:260, abstract = {The article presents an account of politics, race, method and social change drawn from one key participant's experience with an ambitious participatory action research project in East St. Louis. Many local and state planning agencies are dominated by the interests of well-established corporate entities, so the planning agendas of most urban areas are dominated by the major downtown business interests and developers: the real estate network. The concerns and problems and needs of low-income and working class residential neighborhoods, as well as the interests of industrial firms located in older residential neighborhoods, rarely get treated in a serious manner on the local planning agenda. The idea of involving low-income and working class The challenge there is to try to put the needs of the poor who live in East St. Louis on the agenda of regional and state decision makers because there are no local resources that can really be drawn upon to address these needs, and there has not been any serious planning done in the city for almost ten years. The planning department was disbanded because there weren't any resources at the local level to address these concerns, and the county and regional planning agencies have withdrawn all planning services from the city because the city could not pay for these services. Participating faculty members are working hard to raise funding to permit the university to hire an experienced community development specialist as a project manager.}, added-at = {2008-12-27T17:34:46.000+0100}, author = {Reardon, Ken and Welsh, John and Kreiswirth, Brian and Forester, John}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/28766635310c2ec3260c0b5de6d67c293/critzo}, description = {test export from refworks}, interhash = {d0276a1557d6792ce71c74a66fa66165}, intrahash = {8766635310c2ec3260c0b5de6d67c293}, isbn = {00031232}, journal = {American Sociologist}, keywords = {-- COMMUNITY PARTICIPANT Research; SOCIAL change; development; observation organization; planning; sciences}, month = {Spring93}, note = {M3: Article; Accession Number: 9512181074; Reardon, Ken Welsh, John Kreiswirth, Brian Forester, John 1; Affiliation: 1: Professor of city and regional planning at Cornell University; Source Info: Spring93, Vol. 24 Issue 1, p69; Subject Term: COMMUNITY development; Subject Term: SOCIAL planning; Subject Term: COMMUNITY organization; Subject Term: SOCIAL change; Subject Term: SOCIAL sciences -- Research; Subject Term: PARTICIPANT observation; NAICS/Industry Codes: 925120 Administration of Urban Planning and Community and Rural Development; NAICS/Industry Codes: 624190 Other Individual and Family Services; NAICS/Industry Codes: 541720 Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities; Number of Pages: 23p; Document Type: Article; Full Text Word Count: 12306}, number = 1, pages = {69-91}, timestamp = {2008-12-27T17:35:00.000+0100}, title = {Participatory Action Research from the Inside: Community Development Practice in East St. Louis}, url = {http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=9512181074&site=ehost-live}, volume = 24, year = 1993 }