NEIGHBORHOOD EMPOWERMENT AND URBAN MANAGEMENT IN THE 1980s

TLDR: A variety of forms of neighborhood empowerment have continued to evolve during the 1970s and 1980s as discussed by the authors, and these efforts have enhanced neighborhood participation, improved the delivery of neighborhood services, and helped resolve conflicts.

Abstract: A variety of forms of neighborhood empowerment have continued to evolve during the 1970s and 1980s. At the most basic level, neighborhood organizations have shown the capability to articulate successfully community interests to both the private and public sectors. Furthermore, these organizations have also shown the capacity to administer neighborhood services and have begun to take on more comprehensive policy making functions. Recent experiences indicate that these efforts have enhanced neighborhood participation, improved the delivery of neighborhood services, and helped resolve conflicts. While the current urban fiscal crisis provides some political opportunities for extending these neighborhood efforts, neighborhood groups will have to avoid vigilantly the economic and political entrapments present in the current situation.