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Neighborhood Self-Management

Experiments in Civil Society

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Authors:
  1. Hillel Schmid

    1. Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

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Part of the book series: Nonprofit and Civil Society Studies (NCSS)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction

    • Hillel Schmid
    Pages 1-9

  3. Theoretical Framework

    • Hillel Schmid
    Pages 11-25

  4. The Neighborhood Self-Management Organization: Background, Vision, Ideology, and Organizational Domain

    • Hillel Schmid
    Pages 27-41

  5. Neighborhood Self-Management Organizations: An International Perspective

    • Hillel Schmid
    Pages 43-72

  6. The Community Council as a Merger of Two Neighborhood Organizations: Neighborhood Self-Management and Community Centers

    • Hillel Schmid
    Pages 73-114

  7. Ideological, Structural, and Organizational Dilemmas of Neighborhood Organizations in International Perspective

    • Hillel Schmid
    Pages 115-133

  8. Vision and Reality in the Community Council

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    Pages 135-147

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 149-168
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About this book

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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

    Hillel Schmid

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Neighborhood Self-Management

  • Book Subtitle: Experiments in Civil Society

  • Authors: Hillel Schmid

  • Series Title: Nonprofit and Civil Society Studies

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1259-2

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, NewYork 2001

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-46511-6Published: 31 July 2001

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-5466-6Published: 20 September 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-1259-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1568-2579

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 168

  • Topics: Sociology, general, Political Science, Social Work, Management

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