Privatization and Its Discontents: Common Interest Communities and the Rise of Government for the "Nice"

Paula A. Franzese

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Urban Planning and Governance Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism

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This article explores phenomenon of privatization, or shift from government provision of services to provision by private sector, in context of privatized neighborhoods. The proliferation of gated and walled communities, together with significant rise of homeowners associations, contribute to patterns of homogeneity, conformity and exclusion that can yield dangerous consequences. Cultures of litigiousness, fear of other, civic alienation and resident dissatisfaction are among by-products of these common interest communities' zealous pursuit of the nice place to live.

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