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Place Attachment In Diffrerent Neighborhoods In One City
Shenhav E, Razin E. Place Attachment In Diffrerent Neighborhoods In One City. 2018 .
Society Space and Governance Efrat Shenhav 2018 Hebrew
Abstract
Place_Attachment
Qualities of place attachment influence the lives of individuals, their neighborhoods and
cities. Our study examined place attachment at the neighborhood and city scales in Tel
AvivJaffa. It is based on 22 interviews in five neighborhoods with diverse social backgrounds
and an analysis of 4 Facebook neighborhood groups as a virtual space for expressions
of place attachment. The study shows that despite globalization, the neighborhood
and the city remain significant for people. Poorer neighborhoods are objects of emotional
attachment that form place identity, whereas affluent neighborhoods are objects of functional
attachment leading to place dependence (local trust). Unique local narratives can
create, however, place dependence in disadvantaged neighborhoods and place identity in
affluent ones. Concerns of exclusion and displacement can lead to a loss of local trust, not
necessarily because of in-migration of edge-groups, but because of the "threat of the rich"
that leads to an identity loss in both disadvantaged and affluent neighborhoods. At the city
scale, the unanimous responses in all neighborhoods reflected a high level of attachment,
linked to “the Tel Aviv ethos”. Conclusions of the Facebook analysis confirmed the findings
that emerged from the personal interviews.
Local Democracy in Israel: Decentralization, Localism, Participation and Local Politics
Beeri I, Razin E eds. Local Democracy in Israel: Decentralization, Localism, Participation and Local Politics. Jerusalem: Floersheimer Studies; 2015.
Religion-Society-State Relations Beeri Itai Razin Eran Abou-Habla Ziyad Ofek Yuval Auerbach Gedalia Atmor Nir Ben-Horin–Naot Yael Gal-Arieli Nivi Horkin Amir Vigoda-Gadot Eran Zubida Hani Hazan Anna Talit Gal Yuval Amir Cohen Hertzel Lev-On Azi Lederman Shmulik Litov Gil Meydani Assaf Matzkin Assaf Matzkin Sharon Steklov Oded Akirav Osnat Friedberg Chen Zaban Hila Tsur Nadir Roded Batya Reichman Amnon Reingewertz Yaniv Steinfeld Nili Schonker Daniella Sarig Eti 2015 Hebrew
Abstract
Beeri and Razin_Local Democracy in Israel_part a.pdf
Beeri and Razin_Local Democracy in Israel_part b.pdf

The democratic function of local authorities is often disregarded in the public discourse on local government and needed municipal reforms. This deficiency characterizes countries, including Israel, in which local government is not perceived as a cornerstone of national identity. Local democracy has three major functions: representation, consolidation of democratic values and pluralism. This book focuses on the democratic objective of local government in Israel. Its twenty-two chapters review key trends in local democracy and discuss its position in the public and political systems, in civil participation, management of civic life at the local level and local government elections. Four features of local democracy in Israel revealed in the chapters of the book are: distinction, centralization along with neglect, fragility and exploitation, and suspicion and protest. The challenges facing local democracy in Israel are manifested in several courses of action: from below – awakening of the local civil society; from within – adoption of new public management principles by elected politicians and bureaucrats in local government; from above – genuine decentralization of powers by the central state; and from outside – direct interaction with states and international movements, organizations and corporations.