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About the Authors Colleen Butler is a graduate student in the Department of Sociology at Boston University. Benjamin Cornwell is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Sociology at The Ohio State University. His research interests include social network analysis, social reactions to threat, and urban sociology. His current research projects include an analysis of status hierarchy formation in communities, and a methodological piece on assigning closeness centrality to actors in disconnected networks. Alexandra Curley is a graduate student in the Department of Sociology at Boston University. Timothy Jon Curry is Associate Professor of Sociology at The Ohio State University. He is past president of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport and a member of the American Sociological Society. He has published articles on aspects of mass communication, sport, gender, and race and is co-author of Sports: A Sociological Perspective (1984), Introducing Visual Sociology (1983), and Sociology for the Twenty-First Century (2002). His current research focuses on stadium controversies and urban renewal. Peter Eisinger is Professor of Urban Affairs and Director of the State Policy Center at the College of Urban, Labor and Metropolitan Affairs at Wayne State University. Prior to coming to Detroit, he was Hawkins Professor of Public Policy at the University of Wisconsin, where he taught for 28 years. Daniel J. Monti, Jr., is Associate Chairman of the Department of Sociology at Boston University. His last book, The American City (1999), offered a defense of America’s urban way of life and civic culture. He currently is writing a book about the civic culture of Boston in the closing years of the 20th century, which is entitled Getting Along in Boston. Lois Wright Morton is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Iowa State University. She received her Ph.D. from Cornell University in development sociology. Dr. Morton’s research examines the intersections among rural communities, civil society, food systems, and population health. Kent P. Schwirian is Professor Emeritus of Sociology and of Family Medicine at The Ohio State University. He is also a member of the faculty of The Primary Care Research Institute of Ohio State’s College of Medicine and Public Health. In addition to researching urban redevelopment, he is currently investigating the ecology of health and illness in the inner city with special emphasis on the homeless and new refugee groups. Most recently, he co-authored of a report on families and childhood asthma in the inner city. Kirsten Tilney is a graduate student in the Department of Sociology at Boston University. Melissa F. Weiner is a graduate student in the Department of Sociology at the University of Minnesota. City & Community 2:2 June 2003 American Sociological Association, 1307 New York Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20005-4701 http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png City & Community (Fixed 2) SAGE

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SAGE
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1535-6841
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1540-6040
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Abstract

Colleen Butler is a graduate student in the Department of Sociology at Boston University. Benjamin Cornwell is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Sociology at The Ohio State University. His research interests include social network analysis, social reactions to threat, and urban sociology. His current research projects include an analysis of status hierarchy formation in communities, and a methodological piece on assigning closeness centrality to actors in disconnected networks. Alexandra Curley is a graduate student in the Department of Sociology at Boston University. Timothy Jon Curry is Associate Professor of Sociology at The Ohio State University. He is past president of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport and a member of the American Sociological Society. He has published articles on aspects of mass communication, sport, gender, and race and is co-author of Sports: A Sociological Perspective (1984), Introducing Visual Sociology (1983), and Sociology for the Twenty-First Century (2002). His current research focuses on stadium controversies and urban renewal. Peter Eisinger is Professor of Urban Affairs and Director of the State Policy Center at the College of Urban, Labor and Metropolitan Affairs at Wayne State University. Prior to coming to Detroit, he was Hawkins Professor of Public Policy at the University of Wisconsin, where he taught for 28 years. Daniel J. Monti, Jr., is Associate Chairman of the Department of Sociology at Boston University. His last book, The American City (1999), offered a defense of America’s urban way of life and civic culture. He currently is writing a book about the civic culture of Boston in the closing years of the 20th century, which is entitled Getting Along in Boston. Lois Wright Morton is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Iowa State University. She received her Ph.D. from Cornell University in development sociology. Dr. Morton’s research examines the intersections among rural communities, civil society, food systems, and population health. Kent P. Schwirian is Professor Emeritus of Sociology and of Family Medicine at The Ohio State University. He is also a member of the faculty of The Primary Care Research Institute of Ohio State’s College of Medicine and Public Health. In addition to researching urban redevelopment, he is currently investigating the ecology of health and illness in the inner city with special emphasis on the homeless and new refugee groups. Most recently, he co-authored of a report on families and childhood asthma in the inner city. Kirsten Tilney is a graduate student in the Department of Sociology at Boston University. Melissa F. Weiner is a graduate student in the Department of Sociology at the University of Minnesota. City & Community 2:2 June 2003 American Sociological Association, 1307 New York Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20005-4701

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Published: Jun 1, 2003

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