Blacks who bought homes in a suburb of Washington, D.C., were considerably less politically active than whites who gentrified the central city, in spite of the fact that both groups were well educated and middle class. Neighborhood conditions, perception of racial relations, and previous place of residence were important predictors of…

Discusses three articles which document the interaction of physical and social components that stratify cities by race and cites differences in family size, work time, and expectations from a move that affect differences in perceptions and behavior between black suburbanites and white gentrifiers. (Author/LHW)

Physical-economic models of neighborhood change, popularly used by neighborhood planners, are beginning to give way to more politically oriented models. Such models do not call for blind community control, but for facilitating the development of neighborhood political capacities. (Author/RLV)

Examines the limitations of existing models that explain fear and reactions to crime. Develops and tests three models: avoidance reactions, protective reactions, and collective reactions, which combine elements of the other two. (Author/LHW)

Three analytic approaches to the study of neighborhoods are presented: (1) typologies, (2) stages of change, and (3) functions, which include economic, administrative, political, and social functions. (Author/RLV)

A network analytic approach to the community question is proposed in order to separate concepts which may or may not be closely associated. (Author/RLV)

This paper discusses the integrative, romantic, and reactive theories of neighborhood government within the context of the urban reform movement and argues that the integrative theory is the one best suited for an effective political relationship between the neighborhood and the greater metropolis. (EB)

The Responsive Public Services system of Savannah, Georgia, is described and evaluated. The system measures output equality of conditions in all city neighborhoods so that resources can be targeted according to need. The system is analyzed in terms of theoretical literature on equality and the determinants of urban public service delivery.…

An attempt is made to solve the problem of how the existence of a natural ruling class in the United States determines the shape and character of the urban residential neighborhood. (Author/RLV)

This article traces federal housing policies related to single family home ownership from their creation in the 1930s to the present. It focuses on policies of the Federal Housing Administration and the Federal Home Loan Bank Board as well as other federal regulators of financial institutions. (Author/RLV)

The synthesis of different analytic models on the study of urban neighborhoods is discussed in this review of five recent books. (RLV)

Longitudinal data on 171 low-income home buyers and 101 low-income renters in Baltimore (Maryland) are used to compare community and social participation. Results indicate that home buyers were more likely to join neighborhood or block organizations but not necessarily to be more active social participants. (SLD)

Examines a dimension of neighboring that need not assume friendship as the role model. When the model assumes only a sense of connectedness as defining neighboring, then the residential correlation, shown in many studies between urbanism and neighboring, disappears. Theories of neighboring, study variables, methods, and analysis are discussed.…

Data from the 1970 census indicated that Blacks in low percentage Black neighborhoods had higher incomes, a greater probability of working wives, and higher educational levels than those in high percentage Black neighborhoods. Discriminant analysis suggested that social psychological factors may mediate demographic factors in Blacks' decisions to…

Examines housing and neighborhood satisfaction of six types of black households, including family households headed by couples, females, and males; households headed by a person aged 65 or older; and nonelderly males and females living alone. The model predicts better for neighborhood satisfaction and for some family types. (SLD)