IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/sae/urbstu/v44y2007i13p2547-2566.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Emergent Local Initiative and the City: The Case of Neighbourhood Associations of the Better-off Classes in Post-1990 Urban Turkey

Author

Listed:
  • Tahire Erman

    (Department of Political Science, Bilkent University, Ankara 006800, Turkey, tahire@bilkent.edu.tr)

  • Meliha CoÅŸkun-Yιldar

    (Department of Political Science, Bilkent University, Ankara 006800, Turkey, cmeliha@e-kolay.net)

Abstract

This article investigates the voluntary local organisations of the better-off classes in the Turkish urban context. Based on empirical research conducted with four neighbourhood associations (NAs), information is provided regarding their process of establishment, leadership, autonomy, goals and projects, resources and obstacles, which points to the significance of context. The research demonstrates that Turkish NAs differ from those in the West in terms of their commitment to ideological as much as pragmatic issues. In their response to the 'Islamist' versus 'secularist' polarisation in society, they seek to create their own localities as the places of secular and cosmopolitan people; and in their response to the increasingly unregulated and poorly serviced city, they struggle to create orderly localities protected from unlawful rent-seeking practices and equipped with adequate amenities. The NAs may be regarded as civic initiatives that empower the locality. Yet, by doing so, they may cause uneven development in urban space.

Suggested Citation

  • Tahire Erman & Meliha CoÅŸkun-Yιldar, 2007. "Emergent Local Initiative and the City: The Case of Neighbourhood Associations of the Better-off Classes in Post-1990 Urban Turkey," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 44(13), pages 2547-2566, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:urbstu:v:44:y:2007:i:13:p:2547-2566
    DOI: 10.1080/00420980701558426
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1080/00420980701558426
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1080/00420980701558426?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Laura Langbein & Kim Spotswood‐Bright, 2004. "Efficiency, Accountability, and Private Government: The Impact of Residential Community Associations on Residential Property Values," Social Science Quarterly, Southwestern Social Science Association, vol. 85(3), pages 640-659, September.
    2. Diane E. Davis, 2005. "Cities in Global Context: A Brief Intellectual History," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 29(1), pages 92-109, March.
    3. Quane, James M. & Rankin, Bruce H., 2006. "Does it pay to participate? Neighborhood-based organizations and the social development of urban adolescents," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 28(10), pages 1229-1250, October.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Jennifer Robinson, 2011. "Cities in a World of Cities: The Comparative Gesture," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 35(1), pages 1-23, January.
    2. Steve P. Fraser & Marcus T. Allen, 2016. "The Effect of Appurtenant Golf Memberships on Residential Real Estate Prices," International Real Estate Review, Global Social Science Institute, vol. 19(2), pages 249-264.
    3. Tobias Franz, 2019. "Why ‘Good Governance’ Fails: Lessons from Regional Economic Development in Colombia," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 43(4), pages 776-785, July.
    4. Christopher Houston, 2015. "How Globalization Really Happens: Remembering Activism in the Transformation of Istanbul," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 39(1), pages 46-61, January.
    5. Kathleen Grace & Joshua C. Hall, 2019. "The Value of Residential Community Associations: Evidence from South Carolina," International Advances in Economic Research, Springer;International Atlantic Economic Society, vol. 25(1), pages 121-129, February.
    6. Jeremy R. Groves, 2008. "Finding the Missing Premium: An Explanation of Home Values within Residential Community Associations," Land Economics, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 84(2), pages 188-208.
    7. Mary Hancock & Smriti Srinivas, 2008. "Spaces of Modernity: Religion and the Urban in Asia and Africa," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 32(3), pages 617-630, September.
    8. Richard G. Smith, 2014. "Beyond the Global City Concept and the Myth of ‘Command and Control’," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 38(1), pages 98-115, January.
    9. Anke Schwarz & Monika Streule, 2016. "A Transposition of Territory: Decolonized Perspectives in Current Urban Research," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 40(5), pages 1000-1016, September.
    10. Matthew Morton & Paul Montgomery, 2011. "Youth Empowerment Programs for Improving Self‐Efficacy and Self‐Esteem of Adolescents," Campbell Systematic Reviews, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 7(1), pages 1-80.
    11. William H. Rogers, 2006. "A Market for Institutions: Assessing the Impact of Restrictive Covenants on Housing," Land Economics, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 82(4), pages 500-512.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:sae:urbstu:v:44:y:2007:i:13:p:2547-2566. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: SAGE Publications (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.gla.ac.uk/departments/urbanstudiesjournal .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.