Citizenship and Governance in a Changing City: Somerville, MA

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Citizenship and Governance in a Changing City Citizenship and Governance in a Changing City Somerville, mA Susan A. ostrander T e m P l e U N i v e r S i T Y P r e S S P H i l A D e l P H i A TemPle UNiverSiTY PreSS Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122 www.temple.edu/tempress Copyright © 2013 by Temple University All rights reserved Published 2013 regional map (page iii): mapping prepared by the City of Somerville. Courtesy of mayor Joseph A. Curtatone, office of Strategic Planning and Community Development, Somerville Transportation equity Partnership, and the U.S. Census library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data ostrander, Susan A. Citizenship and governance in a changing city : Somerville, mA / Susan A. ostrander. pages cm includes bibliographical references and index. iSBN 978-1-4399-1012-2 (cloth : alk. paper) — iSBN 978-1-4399-1013-9 (pbk. : alk. paper) — iSBN 978-1-4399-1014-6 (e-book) 1. Community development—massachusetts—Somerville. 2. Civic improvement—massachusetts—Somerville. 3. City planning— massachusetts—Somerville—Citizen participation. 4. Political participation—massachusetts—Somerville. 5. Citizenship— massachusetts—Somerville. 6. Somerville (mass.)—Politics and government. i. Title. HN80.S566o88 2013 307.1'4097444—dc23 2012041288 The paper used in this publication meets the requirements of the American National Standard for information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed library materials, ANSi Z39.48-1992 Printed in the United States of America 2 4 6 8 9 7 5 3 1 ...