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Transforming the City: Community Organizing and the Challenge of Political Change (Studies in Government & Public Policy)
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Description for Transforming the City: Community Organizing and the Challenge of Political Change (Studies in Government & Public Policy)
Hardcover. As an avenue for progressive politics in a nation still skeptical of change, community organizing faces significant challenges. This book assesses that activity within the context of political, cultural, social, and economic changes in cities - from World War II onwards - to show how community-based organizations have responded. Editor(s): Orr, Marion. Series: Studies in Government and Public Policy. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSG; JP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 562.
As an avenue for progressive politics in a nation still skeptical of change, community organizing today faces significant challenges. This book assesses that activity within the context of political, cultural, social, and economic changes in cities - from World War II to the present - to show how community-based organizations have responded. ""Transforming the City"" is the first book to examine the current state of community organizing in American cities, analyzing its place in contemporary progressive politics and assessing whether it has changed in response to changes in the political economy. Leading urban scholars - Peter Dreier, Dennis Judd, and ... Read more
As an avenue for progressive politics in a nation still skeptical of change, community organizing today faces significant challenges. This book assesses that activity within the context of political, cultural, social, and economic changes in cities - from World War II to the present - to show how community-based organizations have responded. ""Transforming the City"" is the first book to examine the current state of community organizing in American cities, analyzing its place in contemporary progressive politics and assessing whether it has changed in response to changes in the political economy. Leading urban scholars - Peter Dreier, Dennis Judd, and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Government and Public Policy
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700615131
SKU
V9780700615131
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About
Marion Orr is Fred Lippitt Professor of Public Policy and professor of political science and urban studies at Brown University and author of Black Social Capital: The Politics of School Reform in Baltimore, also from Kansas.
Reviews for Transforming the City: Community Organizing and the Challenge of Political Change (Studies in Government & Public Policy)
Today, when the polarized, unproductive, scripted quality of most party politics turns Americans off, when our mounting problems require skilled citizen engagement on an unmatched scale, and when many observers lament the erosion of civic life, we need new voices and approaches. Orr and his colleagues provide both in this remarkable and welcome volume. Harry C. Boyte, Co-Director, Center for ... Read more