Community-based organisations in city environmental policy regimes: lessons from Philadelphia

Stokes, Robert; Mandarano, Lynn; Dilworth, Richardson

doi:10.1080/13549839.2013.788484

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“…They stress that key municipal officials often remain in place even when a ruling party or mayor is ousted (Pasquini and Shearing 2014), and that non-state actors seek to continue working with their successors afterwards. However, this literature tends to focus on the definition of a 'regime' and whether specific case study cities are ruled by them or not (Mossberger and Stoker 2001), the role of non-profit actors in this particular form of governance (Stokes et al 2014) or the factors that may lead to its emergence (Thiers et al 2017). Critics have argued that it fails to explain how policy might change and does not take full account of the vertical intergovernmental context (Rast 2015).…”

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Who shapes local climate policy? Unpicking governance arrangements in English and German cities

Eckersley

2017

Environmental Politics

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A new framework for analysing subnational policy-making is applied to climate governance in the 'twin towns' of Newcastle upon Tyne and Gelsenkirchen. Low levels of resource interdependence between central and local government in England mean that Newcastle Council has to rely heavily on other horizontal actors to achieve its climate objectives. In contrast, Gelsenkirchen Council receives substantial support from higher tiers of government, which gives it greater control over policymaking within the locality. Greater independence between tiers of government can make it more difficult for subnational bodies to adopt the kind of ambitious policies that may be necessary to combat wicked and/or significant policy challenges such as climate change. Instead, interdependent 'joint-decision' systems, which facilitate mutual support across tiers of government, may be better equipped to ensure that subnational public bodies have the capacity to act appropriately.

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Who shapes local climate policy? Unpicking governance arrangements in English and German cities

Eckersley

2017

Environmental Politics

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“…Proximity between two organizations along social dimensions can also affect the formation of collaborative organizational ties (Henry et al 2011, Stokes et al 2014, Fischer and Jasny 2017. Social networks scholars frequently find that shared beliefs facilitate collaboration (Ingold andFischer 2014, Diani et al 2018).…”

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Working together: the roles of geographic proximity, homophilic organizational characteristics, and neighborhood context in civic stewardship collaboration networks in Philadelphia and New York City

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Campbell³

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We examine networks of collaboration among civic environmental stewardship organizations in Philadelphia and New York City to understand which factors shape collaborative ties between organizations. Environmental issues in cities are increasingly complicated and often involve many actors, including citizens, governments, and organizations. Organizations frequently collaborate to tackle collective action problems related to environmental management. Here, we study two such networks collected as part of the U.S. Forest Service's Stewardship Mapping and Assessment (STEW-MAP) project that monitors and maps the organizational characteristics of local environmental groups. We apply Exponential Random Graph models to demonstrate that network motifs, spatial proximity, organizational attributes, neighborhood context, and main issue focus all play different roles in explaining organizational collaboration among civic groups, but in very different ways across the two cities. Our findings reveal that civic networks are more correlated with homophily by social issues in Philadelphia, whereas civic networks in New York City are often correlated with geography proximity and homophily in land use. The comparative framework, still relatively rare in studies of environmental stewardship organizations, shows that different types of homophily, corresponding to different theoretical motivations, are at work in these cities. We conclude with some speculation as to the causes of these differences and their implications.

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“…Case studies have been conducted to document the role of community-based nonprofits in pursuing sustainability initiatives in localities [3]. Evaluative research seems to suggest that CBOs can promote sustainability efforts in cities and towns, sometimes more effectively than statewide or Sustainability 2020, 12, 4986 2 of 21 national groups [11,12]. Yet beyond case and evaluative studies, there is little empirical evidence examining the relationship between various organizational and managerial capacities on community sustainability outcomes.…”

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Unraveling the Links between Organizational Factors and Perceptions of Community Sustainability Performance: An Empirical Investigation of Community-Based Nongovernmental Organizations

Wright

Reames

2020

Sustainability

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Community-based nongovernmental organizations have emerged as leaders in local economic development, with a growing capacity for undertaking community sustainability projects in distressed neighborhoods. Very little is known about what organizational and managerial characteristics contribute to community sustainability performance. This article seeks to address this gap in the literature. Survey data from 134 community action agencies in the U.S. were analyzed to determine which organizational and managerial factors influence the effectiveness of community-based organizations in meeting community sustainability goals. The findings from an ordinary least-square regression model suggest that community engagement, human resource capacity, county/regional government collaboration, government funding, and revenue diversification are important predictors of community sustainability performance.

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Community-based organisations in city environmental policy regimes: lessons from Philadelphia

Cited by 9 publications

References 18 publications

Who shapes local climate policy? Unpicking governance arrangements in English and German cities

Who shapes local climate policy? Unpicking governance arrangements in English and German cities

Working together: the roles of geographic proximity, homophilic organizational characteristics, and neighborhood context in civic stewardship collaboration networks in Philadelphia and New York City

Unraveling the Links between Organizational Factors and Perceptions of Community Sustainability Performance: An Empirical Investigation of Community-Based Nongovernmental Organizations

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