Institutional Analysis of Neighborhood Collective Action

Abstract

Sublocal governance organizations may provide a way for some urban neighborhoods to stabilize and improve property values. Recent advances in collective action theory, spatial statistical methods, and data availability now make it possible to more directly evaluate the effects of these organizations. The analysis combines geocoded assessor ' s data and data from a survey of neighborhood and homeowner associations to analyze a model of prices of single-family homes in Little Rock, Arkansas, from 2012 to 2016. The results show that neighborhood and homeowner associations both have significant positive effects on neighborhood property values relative to unorganized neighborhoods and that the effect of neighborhood associations is at least as large as that of homeowner associations. Moreover, the results indicate that neighborhood association structure mediates the effect on property values, although this is not the case for homeowner associations.

Collective action among US veterans: Understanding the importance of self‐efficacy, collective efficacy, and social support

“…A more recent and specific definition focuses on members of groups or organizations working to advance their perceived shared interests (Scott & Marshall, 2009). Examples of collective action include community organizing (Chambers & Cowan, 2004), participating in labor strikes (Corcoran, Pettinicchio, & Young, 2015), active participation in a neighborhood group or homeowners' association (Craw, 2017) or neighborhood watch groups (van Eijk, Steen, & Verschuere, 2017), and engagement in community participatory budgeting (Weber, Crum, & Salinas, 2015).…”

A Multiorganizational Cooperation Framework for Neighborhood Disaster Resilience

“…Other research documents the extensive role of neighborhood-level organizations in local matters, for example, land use and the physical state of the neighborhood (such as blight, development, and infrastructure; Craw 2017; Crenshaw and St. John 1989; Pendall 1999; Scally 2012). It is highly likely, then, that these neighborhood-level organizations play a significant role in disaster preparedness, response, and recovery (Fischer, Stahl, and Baird-Zars 2018).…”

“…With the limited understanding of neighborhood-level organizations relative to coastal disasters, this multiorganizational cooperation framework focuses on appreciating how neighborhood-level organizations affect disaster preparedness, response, and recovery in three key ways: (1) intraneighborhood collective action (and impact): mobilizing and coordinating within-neighborhood residents and resources; (2) cross-community collaboration: collaborating with external actors to coordinate and deliver resources needed for recovery; and (3) community resilience: participating in the development of coastal disaster preparedness plans that guide the microlevel community to reconstruct and rebuild from physical damage (Andrew et al 2013(Andrew et al , 2016Arlikatti and Andrew 2012;Craw 2017). From the literature, this research proposes that neighborhood capability in these (three) emphases depends on (a) neighborhood structural factors (particularly socioeconomic status and racial and ethnic composition) and (b) institutional capital (i.e., organizations and social relationships that reduce transaction costs for collective action).…”

Bottom-Up or Top-Down Local Service Delivery? Assessing the Impacts of Special Districts as Community Governance Model

“…As argued by Craw (2017), the housing sale price can serve as an adequate evaluation metric for the performance of sublocal governance organizations. The creation of new special-purpose governments such as CSDs provides an opportunity for scholars to measure the benefits of the services they provide relative to those provided by general-purpose governments like counties.…”

“…There is much evidence in the literature that homebuyers make locational decisions based upon school quality (Black, 1999), and other neighborhood services and amenities (Patrick & Mothorpe, 2017). Scholars have found that residents and business owners who receive services from sublocal governance organizations, including neighborhood associations, homeowner associations, and business improvement districts, experience a boost in their property values (Craw, 2017; Ellen et al, 2007; Meltzer & Cheung, 2014).…”