Neighborhood activism among homeowners as a politics of space

Most approaches to neighborhood activism among homeowners explain it in ter ms of a single social variable, such as class or race or gender. This artic le argues that, by focusing on one social category, these approaches fail t o examine the range of variables that influence homeowner activism. The pap er argues that, instead of understanding homeowner activism as a politics o f class or race or gender, it should be understood as a politics of space. Such an approach allows us to understand how social variables interrelate i n homeowners' political project and provides a more effective explanation f or why this agenda is translated into action.