Omaha, Nebraska, just feels more like home: an urban tragedy of the post-industrial Midwest

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dc.contributor.advisorSimmons, Solon J.
dc.contributor.authorFilipi, James
dc.creatorFilipi, James
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-29T18:35:59Z
dc.date.available2015-07-29T18:35:59Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractThis 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.extent363 pages
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1920/9634
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsCopyright 2015 James Filipi
dc.subjectPeace studies
dc.subjectSociology
dc.subjectAmerican studies
dc.subjectAesthetics
dc.subjectBasic Human Needs
dc.subjectConflict Resolution
dc.subjectMidwest
dc.subjectPost Industrial
dc.subjectUrban Violence
dc.titleOmaha, Nebraska, just feels more like home: an urban tragedy of the post-industrial Midwest
dc.typeDissertation
thesis.degree.disciplineConflict Analysis and Resolution
thesis.degree.grantorGeorge Mason University
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral

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