Richard Lang, Andreas Novy,
"Cooperative Housing and Social Cohesion.The Role of Linking Social Capital."
, in European Planning Studies, Vol. 22, Nummer 8, Seite(n) 1744-1764, 2014, ISSN: 1469-5944
Original Titel:
Cooperative Housing and Social Cohesion.The Role of Linking Social Capital.
Sprache des Titels:
Englisch
Original Kurzfassung:
The article examines the role of housing cooperatives for social cohesion in the city by introducing linking social capital which grasps the vertical dimension of social capital. Housing cooperatives represent a crucial intermediate level between residents and urban housing policy, thus providing opportunity structures for bottom-linked citizen participation. Drawing on the case of Vienna, a large-scale household survey and interviews with key informants provide empirical evidence on the importance of a form of social capital which links actors at different levels in the spatial hierarchy: residents, housing managers and political decision-makers. The findings add to our understanding of the opportunities and problems with resident participation in a policy field structured by multi-level governance. Our two-level analysis shows that the dominant model of governance, top-down as well as neoliberal, has structurally limited the room for participatory practices in cooperative housing. Nevertheless, we argue that professional housing cooperatives have a potential to give residents a voice beyond the neighbourhood. Their strong linkages with public decision-makers at different scales can help leverage ideas and resources of residents.
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