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City & Community aims to advances urban sociological theory, promote the highest quality empirical research on communities and urban social life, and encourage sociological perspectives on urban policy. An @asanews.bsky.social journal.
@cicojournal.bsky.social❗The deadline for our Emerging Scholars Conference is approaching❗
Are you a grad student or postdoc with work contributing to the study of cities and community life? Submit an extended abstract by 11/15 for consideration.
Submit here: tinyurl.com/cicoconf
@cicojournal.bsky.socialWhereas previous research on Mumbai's efforts to become a "global city" focused on the government's neoliberal reforms, this paper points to civil society organizations who act as agents of increased control over "unruliness" on the street. Revisit this paper at the link above!
@cicojournal.bsky.socialIt's Monday, which means it's time to debut #22 on our list of the journal's top cited articles.
*drumroll please*
#22 is...Jonathan Shaprio Anjaria's "Guardians of the Bourgeois City: Citizenship, Public Space, and Middle-Class Activism in Mumbai"
@cicojournal.bsky.social#OnlineFirst Why are household surveillance technologies like Ring cameras so popular despite historic declines in crime?
A new paper by @maxlubell.bsky.social answers this question using a geocoded dataset of Ring Neighbors posts.
Read more here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/....
@asanews.bsky.socialReposted by @cicojournal.bsky.socialSociologists—learn something new today! ASA’s journal podcasts provide quick insights into some of the latest sociological research. New episodes feature authors from ASR, @soceducation.bsky.social, @cicojournal.bsky.social, @jofhsb.bsky.social, @spquarterly.bsky.social. bit.ly/3LMjWqK
@cicojournal.bsky.social#CiCoSept Thanks to @asanews.bsky.social for highlighting "Profit or Protection? Evictions and Housing Dynamics in Immigrant Neighborhoods," by Leung, Louis, Rangel and Desmond in their podcast series!
Listen to Leung and Louis discuss the article here: journals.sagepub.com/page/cty/pod...
@cicojournal.bsky.socialThis article considers the case of Xintiandi, two blocks of colonial-period Shanghainese tenements turned posh entertainment district by international developers and architects. Ren argues that this historical preservation serves development goals in Shanghai, a globalizing city.
@cicojournal.bsky.social#CiCo25 Three weeks in and we're ready to debut #23 on our list!
‼️ 23rd in our list of top cited articles in the journal's history is Xuefei Ren's "Forward to the Past: Historical Preservation in Globalizing Shanghai" ‼️
@cicojournal.bsky.socialIn this paper, Costello examines how homeless residents of Los Angeles navigate the wait for permanent housing in a highly constrained service system by developing strategies shaped by unequal resources. These strategies shape how they are seen and interacted with by street-level bureaucrats.
@cicojournal.bsky.social#CiCoSept Have you read our September issue yet?
We have four great articles, starting with Niamh Costello's "Hustling, Hassling, and Performing Compliance: Waiting for Homeless Housing in Los Angeles"
Read here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
@cicojournal.bsky.socialThis paper tackles the question of how we disentangle neighborhood socioeconomic status from an individual's SES. Using Illinois survey data, the paper finds that living in a disadvantaged neighborhood predicts physical impairment, but individual SES matters more. Revisit this paper at the link!
@cicojournal.bsky.socialHappy Monday ☀️ It's time to announce the next paper in our countdown of the 25 (erm, 26) most cited papers in the journal's history! #CiCo25
Occupying #24 is..."Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status and Health: Context or Composition?" by Catherine E. Ross and John Mirowsky!
@cicojournal.bsky.socialWe're officially two months out from the deadline for submissions to present at our Emerging Scholars Conference in March! Grad students and postdocs, send us an extended abstract by November 15th for consideration.
Submit here: tinyurl.com/cicoconf
@cicojournal.bsky.socialTune in next week for the next paper in the countdown. Any guesses for what will occupy the top spot in our list? Place your bets now!
@cicojournal.bsky.socialIn "Social Preservationists and the Quest for Authentic Community," Japonica Brown-Saracino shows how social preservationists limit displacement of old-time residents to maintain the authenticity of their chosen communities.
Revisit this paper here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1111/...
@cicojournal.bsky.socialFor our 25th most cited article, we had a tie between two fantastic papers.
In David Madden's "Revisiting the End of Public Space," NYC's Bryan Park is used as a case for studying the end of public space thesis. Revisit this paper below!
@cicojournal.bsky.socialFrom now until March, we'll be posting an article each week from the 25th most cited to the 1st most cited. This list wasn't easy to put together, and you can read more about our methodology below. An essay on this project by @ksmock.bsky.social will also appear in our December issue!
@cicojournal.bsky.socialCity & Community is turning 25 in March '27. Stay tuned throughout the year for a few ways that we're celebrating this exciting milestone. Today, we want to introduce you to a fun project we did to celebrate the journal's anniversary—a compilation of the top cited articles in the journal's history.
@cicojournal.bsky.socialWith these considerations, we hope authors can improve their papers and be successful in the publication process. We are deeply grateful to our reviewers who make this possible!
Read more here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
@cicojournal.bsky.socialAnd finally, are the conceptual and theoretical frameworks sound, compelling, and appropriate to situate the findings in the literature?
