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“Unit Pride”: Public Events and the Construction of Community
Author(s) -
Birenbaum–Carmeli Daphna
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
city and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.308
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1548-744X
pISSN - 0893-0465
DOI - 10.1525/ciso.1997.9.1.159
Subject(s) - gentrification , tel aviv , pride , politics , ethnic group , unit (ring theory) , public housing , local government , sociology , political science , public administration , economic growth , economics , law , library science , anthropology , computer science , mathematics education , mathematics
This article explores the impact of public events on the development of a Tel Aviv neighborhood. The events were structured as egalitarian: They involved no financial expenditures and avoided ethnic or political issues. Tracing four events, the paper illustrates the gradual crystallization of a local image until it became a resource, sought by both the public and business entrepreneurs. The paper is based on a three–year fieldwork project (1988–1991) in the neighborhood, hereafter called Givat Narkis, and on a local survey conducted in late 1990. [Public events, gentrification, Tel Aviv, Israel]