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Progress in Human Geography, Vol. 30, No. 1, 44-61 (2006)
DOI: 10.1191/0309132506ph590oa

Democracy, bureaucracy and difference in US community development politics since 1968

Kathe Newman

Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA, knewman{at}rci.rutgers.edu

Robert W. Lake

Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA

Manuel Castells' (1983) groundbreaking investigation of urban social movements traced `the decisive input of purposive social action' through case studies over five centuries, culminating in the 1960s social revolts in US cities. This paper continues the narrative forward by examining the changing dynamics of community development politics in US cities since 1968. Structural transformations under neoliberalism marked the end of the democratic/redistributive phase of community development, radically altered the material, strategic and institutional terrain of community development politics, and opened a space for new forms of purposive social action aimed at enduring goals of social justice.

Key Words: activism • community development • community organizing • neoliberalism • social movements • structural transformation • urban politics


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