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Oakland's History World War Ii To 1970

Oakland’s History World War II to 1970
Questions

Renee Williams

1) What factors – political, economic, cultural and/or ideological -- account for the growth of gated communities in the U. S. in the past 20 years?

Over the last 20 years, street crime, visible poverty, deteriorating infrastructure, decaying homes and boarded-up businesses were becoming increasingly common features of city life, but we rarely asked ourselves how this deterioration in the world around us is affecting the way we look at the world and our contributions towards making it a better place.

In not asking that question, we underestimate the importance of urban decay as a problem in its own right, and the degree to which it promotes other social ills. Inner city decay is part of a dangerous and silent progression that is not being given the attention it deserves: the fragmentation of our society into potentially or actually hostile camps i.e., “gated communities,” barricaded off from each other. And it has the potential, in the end, to exercise an important influence on the course of national politics.

In organizational development, there are different theories that are considered to be influential. One of which is the theory of Fordism. Fordism is a form of industrial production developed from Taylorism methods; the main aim is product maximization through tight control over movements and separating planning from executing tasks. This
management practice was widely criticized for its inhumane production system with regards to employee conditions and was then replaced by Fordism (Edwards 1990)

2) What is “Fordist” housing construction? How was it innovative? What role did it play in propagation of the suburban dream? How did its emergence reflect the symbiosis between markets and public policy?

Fordist housing on the other hand, was a production ideology pioneered by Henry Ford during the post-war decades in the Western industrial countries which supported domestic...