Sociology / Unit 10 Soc 1753 short lesson, about 20 seconds
NIMBY
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The idea
NIMBY, "not in my back yard," names residents' tendency to protest an unwanted land use, like a landfill, once it threatens them directly.
In practice
Residents blocking a proposed waste facility near their homes, while objecting less to the same facility sited elsewhere, illustrate the pattern.
Where people slip
NIMBY protests succeed more often in resourced neighborhoods, which redirects the unwanted project toward a less-resourced community.
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