Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
Faculty

James DeFilippis , Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
B.A. University of Vermont; M.A., and Ph.D. Rutgers University

 

Contact Information

Civic Square Building, room 365

Phone (732) 932-3822, x734

Fax (732) 932-2253

E-mail: jdefilip@rutgers.edu

 

Research Interests

  • Urban political economy and political philosophy
  • Relationships between housing, neighborhoods and states
  • Community development theory and practice
  • Growth and proliferation of unregulated work

 

Courses

  • Introduction to Planning, Policy and Health

 

Publications and Activities

  • DeFilippis, James and Susan Saegert (eds.). (forthcoming, 2007) The Community Development Reader. New York: Routledge
  • DeFilippis, James and Elvin Wyly. (forthcoming, 2007). Running to Stand Still: Through the Looking Glass with Federally Subsidized Housing in New York City. Urban Affairs Review.
  • DeFilippis, James, Fisher, Robert and Eric Shragge. (forthcoming, 2007). What’s Left in the Community? Community Development Journal.
  • DeFilippis, James. (forthcoming, 2007). Dilemmas of Community-Building in the Contemporary Political Economy. International Social Science Journal (part of a special issue on “Dilemmas of Nation-Building”).
  • DeFilippis, James. (forthcoming, 2007). Erasing the Community In Order To Save It? Reconstructing Community and Property in Community Development. in Harris Beider (ed.) Housing, Neighbourhood Renewal and Community Engagement. Oxford: Blackwell
  • DeFilippis, James, Robert Fisher, and Eric Shragge. 2006. Neither Romance nor Regulation: Re- evaluating Community. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. 30(3): 673-689
  • DeFilippis, James. 2005. On the Potential of Local Political Projects: A Response to Lake, Martin, and Wilson. Urban Geography. 26(4): 293-295
  • DeFilippis, James. 2004. Unmaking Goliath: Community Control in the Face of Global Capital. New York: Routledge. Winner of the American Political Science Association’s Urban Politics Section “Best Book in Urban Politics 2004”

 

Profile

James DeFilippis' research work consistently makes connections; linking disciplines and connecting academic theory and grounded political practice. He has published work in academic journals in a variety of fields, both independently and in collaboration with other authors. Professor DeFilippis has also written applied monographs and reports, and his interests extend well beyond the academy and into the practice of concrete political work and policy analyses. His research has been both empirical and theoretical, and has involved quantitative and qualitative methodologies. As a policy analyst, Professor DeFilippis has worked extensively with a variety of organizations ranging from community development credit unions to Alinsky-inspired groups to broad-based housing coalitions. 

 

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