Research on Neighbourhood Activism

Abstract

There have been numerous studies of localized conflict around the built environment in the advanced capitalist societies. This literature is reviewed and it is argued that, when taken as a whole, it posits a behavioural model of ‘neighbourhood activism’. The model is often the basis for liberal interpretations of localized conflict around the built environment. Key weaknesses in the behavioural model are identified—essentially the assumption of ‘irreducible individualism’ in social research. and the tendency to neglect the ‘urban issues’ that are expressed in activist behaviours. An alternative interpretation of neighbourhood activism is offered that is rooted in a class analysis of the urban question on the contradictions of consciousness in conflict around the built environment.

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