Omaha, Nebraska, just feels more like home: an urban tragedy of the post-industrial Midwest
dc.contributor.advisor | Simmons, Solon J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Filipi, James | |
dc.creator | Filipi, James | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-07-29T18:35:59Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-07-29T18:35:59Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
dc.description.abstract | This dissertation is an ethnographic exploration of the post-industrial economy of Omaha, Nebraska. It investigates Omaha's consistent high ranking on a number of "Forbes standards" for places to live and the contradiction that it also has one of the worst intergenerational poverty rates, and highest per-capita black homicide rate in the nation. I offer a critique of structural forces, urban development, and typical means of addressing injustice that are related to the social and economic forces within post-industrial capitalism. It is an ethnographic accounting of the social, historical, and political forces that shaped the post-industrial cityscape and follows with theoretical intervention into urban violence. I began with an historical analysis of the social and economic forces that built the city, followed by extensive field observations and interviews. The research findings suggest problems within late-capitalism, and capitalist means of addressing injustice that contribute to the structural and direct violence of the city. I conclude with a model to address such violence based on empirical observations, capitalist resistance, and basic human needs. | |
dc.format.extent | 363 pages | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1920/9634 | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.rights | Copyright 2015 James Filipi | |
dc.subject | Peace studies | |
dc.subject | Sociology | |
dc.subject | American studies | |
dc.subject | Aesthetics | |
dc.subject | Basic Human Needs | |
dc.subject | Conflict Resolution | |
dc.subject | Midwest | |
dc.subject | Post Industrial | |
dc.subject | Urban Violence | |
dc.title | Omaha, Nebraska, just feels more like home: an urban tragedy of the post-industrial Midwest | |
dc.type | Dissertation | |
thesis.degree.discipline | Conflict Analysis and Resolution | |
thesis.degree.grantor | George Mason University | |
thesis.degree.level | Doctoral |
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