Henry Louis Taylor
University at Buffalo
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The Good Society | 2004
Albert W. Dzur; Henry Louis Taylor; Linda McGlynn
I am pleased to comment on Simon Thompsons paper, as I agree with much of what he has to say. With Thompson I also see the concept of recognition as providing very fertile ground for a theory of justice. I too would assign a priority to Honneths more comprehensive account of justice. I also agree that there is a need to surmount some of the dichotomies that characterize the Fraser/Honneth debate, and that doing so can also enrich each position. And I share his interest in surmounting oppositions like the right and the good. Within the context of this underlying agreement, then, let me raise a few issues that may con- tribute to further discussion. First, I question Thompsons acceptance of the tripartite differentiations that character- izes Honneths and Frasers positions. Second, I raise a couple of questions regarding Thompsons effort to synthe- size the two positions. Third, I make some general comments about a topic he broaches at the end of his paper: the relationship of the right and the good.
Action Research | 2008
Robert Mark Silverman; Henry Louis Taylor; Christopher Crawford
This article examines the use of citizen participation techniques during the planning process for neighborhood revitalization in the Village of Depew which is an industrial suburb of Buffalo, New York. The article focuses on how action research principles can inform and enhance traditional approaches to citizen participation. In particular, we discuss our role as university-based consultants in the local planning process and how drawing from action research principles helped us remain focused on advocating for broad-based citizen participation. Our analysis was based on the application of action research principles and participant observation techniques. During the time that each of us was involved in the planning process for Depews neighborhood revitalization, reflexive field notes and other data were collected. The article critiques how citizen participation was used to plan for neighborhood revitalization in Depew, and discusses the degree to which action research principles can be applied to future citizen participation efforts.
Peabody Journal of Education | 2013
Henry Louis Taylor; Linda McGlynn; D. Gavin Luter
Where you find distressed neighborhoods, you will also find poorly performing public schools. Yet many contemporary school reform efforts ignore neighborhood-level factors that undeniably impact school performance. The purpose of this study is to use a case study approach with social institutional and urban school reform regime frameworks to demonstrate why school reform and the re-creation and redevelopment of distressed neighborhoods should occur simultaneously. At the same time, researchers will examine the role of higher education in catalyzing partnerships with so-called anchor institutions for the explicit purposes of simultaneously improving neighborhoods and reforming schools. By focusing on a federal Choice neighborhood initiative, the study will not only make the case for connecting school reform and neighborhood development but also present a model that demonstrates how this can happen. The study will also make a strong case for the universitys unique role in fostering neo-collaborative structures fit to take on wicked problems of neighborhood distress and urban decline.
Archive | 2013
Henry Louis Taylor; Linda McGlynn; D. Gavin Luter
Abstract This research note focuses on the quest to move beyond the poverty paradigm in researching, planning, and developing distressed urban neighborhoods. It is based on the notion that the poverty paradigm hides more than it reveals about the positionality of people in neoliberal society. It argues that low incomes and joblessness are structural components of neoliberal economies. Therefore, they cannot be eliminated without making fundamental changes in the way that neoliberalism operates. Thus, in a neoliberal society, with a small, passive government, both low incomes and joblessness will grow over time, especially among blacks, Latinos, and immigrants of color. Within this context, the distress found in inner-city neighborhoods is a product of failed urban institutions and the lack of investments in such places. However, there are no laws of socioeconomic development that say low income and joblessness must equate with living in distressed neighborhoods, where dilapidation, crime, and violence are characteristic features of the landscape. This reality is a public policy decision. Therefore, it can be changed by altering the investment strategy in distressed community and by radically transforming the institutions operating in these communities. If this happens, it will be possible to produce communities where low-income workers live in energetic places where they enjoy a high quality of life and standard of living. In such regenerated neighborhoods, it will also be possible to develop innovative strategies that put the jobless to work.
City & Community | 2013
Henry Louis Taylor
Mortgage redlining, the rejection of mortgage loan applications solely on the basis of place, is normally seen as a form of social exclusion unique to the United States. In Place, Exclusion, and Mortgage Markets, Manuel Aalbers shows that place-based exclusion does not only happen in the ghettos of America but also shapes life in the European banlieues (France), quartieri periferici (Italy), and achterstandswijken (Netherlands). Aalbers uses the concept of mortgage redlining to get at the broader process of social exclusion and argues that treating redlining simply as an outcome misplaces our attention on distribution. Instead, viewing redlining as a process places the focus on relational issues like inadequate social participation, lack of social interaction, and lack of power. Redlining, therefore, should be seen as part of the broader process of social exclusion. In contrast to “blaming the victim” or other cultural explanations of individual deficiency as causes for redlining, the idea of social exclusion hinges more upon structural forces that help guide human relations. Using a sociospatial approach, Aalbers refutes studies that see urban change as the result of a natural process. Instead, he sees redlining as a practice that emphasizes the power of private actors influencing government policy, the structure of the real estate industry, and the development of place. His emphasis on agency brings people back into the analysis and emphasizes the centrality of social action and conflict in determining the shape of the built environment. Social exclusion becomes an active process of intervention that shapes market practices. The social exclusion framework, therefore, goes beyond the analysis of resource allocation mechanisms and includes power relations, agency, culture, and social identity. By viewing institutions as “general normative patterns of social action” (p. 55), Aalbers takes “redlining out of the realm of econometrical analysis and into the realm of agency and structure; that is, the realm of sociology” (p. 53). This framework “puts institutional processes at the heart of the redlining debate” (p. 18). Aalbers employs a comparative case study of redlining practices in the US, Italy, and the Netherlands to probe the decisions by banks to segment portions of the mortgage market based on location. Because lending outcomes do not always capture the actions and practices of lenders, these contrasting case studies provide a solid research
Futures | 2009
Henry Louis Taylor; Linda McGlynn
Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement | 2013
Eugenie L. Birch; David C. Perry; Henry Louis Taylor
New Directions for Youth Development | 2009
Henry Louis Taylor; Linda McGlynn
Education Sciences | 2017
D. Gavin Luter; Austin M. Mitchell; Henry Louis Taylor
Archive | 2011
Henry Louis Taylor