Journal article
Formal and Informal Social Organization: Do Geography, Structural Inequality, and Other Forms of Social Organization Matter?
Journal of community practice, Vol.25(2), pp.172-189
04/03/2017
DOI: 10.1080/10705422.2017.1307797
Abstract
Neighborhood social organization is one way that neighborhoods matter for residents, as well as an intervention opportunity for macro practitioners. Neighborhood social organization encapsulates how neighborhoods differentially organize, both formally and informally. We tested whether neighborhood structural inequality, types of social organization, and spatial clustering were associated with both formal and informal neighborhood social organization. Formal and informal social organization were mutually reinforcing. Formal social organization, measured by organizational participation, predicted informal social organization. In multivariate spatial analysis, organizational participation was also influenced by adjacent neighborhoods. Practitioners should consider how adjacent neighborhoods could affect place-based interventions.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Formal and Informal Social Organization: Do Geography, Structural Inequality, and Other Forms of Social Organization Matter?
- Creators
- Megan E Gilster - School of Social Work, University of IowaCristian L Meier - School of Social Work, University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of community practice, Vol.25(2), pp.172-189
- Publisher
- Routledge
- DOI
- 10.1080/10705422.2017.1307797
- ISSN
- 1070-5422
- eISSN
- 1543-3706
- Grant note
- P50HD38986; R01HD050467 / National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (10.13039/100000071)
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/03/2017
- Academic Unit
- School of Social Work; Public Policy Center (Archive); Center for Social Science Innovation
- Record Identifier
- 9984002450802771
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