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Civil Rights Advocacy on Behalf of the Poor

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Description for Civil Rights Advocacy on Behalf of the Poor Paperback. In Civil Rights Advocacy on Behalf of the Poor, Catherine M. Paden examines five civil rights organizations and explores why they chose to represent the poor-specifically, low-income African Americans-during six legislative periods considering welfare reform. Series: American Governance: Politics, Policy, and Public Law. Num Pages: 240 pages, 13 illus. BIC Classification: JPVH1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.

Representation of the poor has never been the top priority for civil rights organizations, which exist to eradicate racially prejudiced and discriminatory practices and policy. Scholars have argued that the activities and ideologies of civil rights groups have functioned with a distinct middle-class bias since well before the 1960s civil rights movement. Additionally, all political organizations face disincentives to represent the poor—such advocacy is expensive and politically unpopular, and often involves trade-offs with other issues that are more central to organizations' missions.
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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Series
American Governance: Politics, Policy, and Public Law
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780812222678
SKU
V9780812222678
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About Catherine M. Paden
Catherine M. Paden is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Simmons College.

Reviews for Civil Rights Advocacy on Behalf of the Poor
"Paden's impressive archival research establishes and explains shifts in Civil Rights organizations' priorities during the critical years of the Civil Rights movement and the War on Poverty. She reinforces the value of integrating history, politics, and policy in contemporary scholarship-a perspective that has the capacity to reach a general readership beyond the political science community."
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