Rethinking responses towards group-homes: inclusionary legislation, supportive municipal attitudes, and place-based opposition
| Autor: | Gillad Rosen, Matan E. Singer |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Cultural Studies
Group home 05 social sciences Geography Planning and Development 0211 other engineering and technologies 0507 social and economic geography Opposition (politics) 021107 urban & regional planning Legislation Special needs 02 engineering and technology Public administration NIMBY Law Situated Sociology 050703 geography Human services |
| Zdroj: | Social & Cultural Geography. 20:344-366 |
| ISSN: | 1470-1197 1464-9365 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/14649365.2017.1358821 |
| Popis: | Little research has been devoted to uncontested human services facilities, nor to the legal frameworks siting proposals are situated in. To address these, this paper examines group-homes that operated in Jerusalem, Israel, between 2002 and 2012, identifies and explores a range of responses group-homes encounter. Results point to only low levels of opposition alongside a relatively equal distribution of group-homes across all areas of the city, including affluent neighbourhoods. Interviews with key stakeholders suggest that these results have been the outcome of a combination of inclusionary national legislation, supportive municipal attitudes and actions, and a proactive approach adopted by service-providers. Through focusing on existing group-homes we find that the characteristics of opposition depend, in part, on the stage of the group-home’s life cycle in which it occurs. Specifically, opposition occurring in the pre- and upon-siting stages resemble typical NIMBY opposition while those occurrin... |
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