poli225 weak areas

Arnstein’s ladder order

manipulation, therapy, informing, consultation, placation, partnership, delegation, citizen control

manipulation and therapy

educating the “have nots”

informing

one-way flow of information to the “have nots” about their rights

consultation

taking community opinions, means nothing if not paired with something else

placation

including a few members, but so they can be overridden

partnership

community members help plan and decide what the study looks like

delegation

community members have enough power to hold the project accountable

citizen control

community members have full power

theories of community

classical sociological, urbanization/ecology, community studies, symbolic interactionism, marx/political economy, political science

classical sociological community definition

community is society, natural will is rational will, community is based on tradition and emotion

urbanization and ecology

communities are formed out of necessity to secure resources, and also ecological processes like competition, dominance, and succession- geographic competitive social units

community studies

case studies find social and political structures within a community, based on a geographical lens

symbolic interactionism

people with common characteristics and rights come together and believe their fate is tied to the groups

marxism and political economy

communities form around capital accumulation and are shaped by the state and classes

political science

communities are based on social capital and political behavior, like polarization

CER community definitions

people who are affected by similar social, cultural, or political concerns (geography, identity, political agency, power)

geography, place, space

communities are location based, like neighborhoods and towns

identity, beliefs, and intersts

communities are formed around a common goals and experiences

power and agency

communities are formed based on mobilized interests, and through professions and practices

functions of community

political, social, psychological/moral

political function of community

communities serve to shape democracy, challenge power, and serve as a source of political knowledge

social function of community

Communities produce culture and emerge from social and economic change, note how they percieve themselves and how others percieve them

psychological/moral function of community

communities share inherent morals and members interact with likeminded individuals

policing portals project

14 portals staffed by community members where community-building events were held before interviews asking about policing were conducted

policing portals findings

policing is racially extractive, public spaces are seen as profitable, race-based watching restricts potential, and targeting by police leads to fear in communities

developing research partnerships

equity/capacity, alignment, institutional frameworks, memorandum of understanding

developing research questions

use knowledge of community and researchers, questions can be pre-specified or developed based on community interviews, tackle a relevant issue to the community

positionality

social positions you hold in relation to people you work with and the work you are doing

reflexivity

challenging positionality through research process to understand how it may affect it

informal is internal check-ins, formal is personal written reflections