The Rise of Private Neighborhood Associations: A Constitutional Revolution in Local Government

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2002

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Nelson, R. H. (20032003). "The rise of the private neighborhood association: a constitutional revolution in local government". In The Property Tax, Land Use and Land Use Regulation. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. doi: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781781950852.00016

Abstract

A revival of the neighborhood is seen by many commentators as a key element in a wider effort to reenergize the intermediate institutions of American society. The weakening of these institutions is blamed for a decline in trust, public spirit, and generally an erosion of civic values in the United States in recent decades. The rise of the private neighborhood follows in the wake of the rise of the corporate form of business ownership of property in the late nineteenth century, both representing fundamental turns away from individual ownership of private property and towards new collective forms of private ownership. Indeed, the rise of private neighborhood associations represents the most important property right development in the United States since the rise of the modern business corporation.

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This is a draft chapter. The final version is available in The Property Tax, Land Use and Land Use Regulation edited by Dick Netzer, published in 2003, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd https://doi.org/10.4337/9781781950852. The material cannot be used for any other purpose without further permission of the publisher, and is for private use only.