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1 online resource (369 pages) |
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Cover; Contents; Preface; Part I Introduction: Educational Reform and Citizen Participation; 1 -- Prologue and Epilogue From Confrontation at Ocean Hill-Brownsville; 2 -- Education: The Decentralization-Community Control Controversy; 3 -- School Reform in New York and Chicago: Revisiting the Ecology of Local Games; 4 -- The Effect of Geography, Education and Labor Market Segregation on Women's Economic Status in New York State; Part II Introduction: Community-Based Organizations and Community Organizing |
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5 -- Chapters 1 and 2 From Limits to Citizen Participation: The Decline of Community Organizations6 -- Expanding Civic Opportunity: Urban Empowerment Zones; 7 -- Race and Gender in Neighborhood Development Organizations; 8 -- Community Organizing, Relationships, Collaboration, and Research: Lessons From the Fund for Community Organizing Initiative; Part III Introduction: Women's Leadership, Social Capital, and Social Change; 9 -- Changing Women's Roles in Political Volunteerism and Reform of the City; 10 -- Activist Women: Conflicting Ideologies; 11 -- The Gender Gap: Coalescing for Power |
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12 -- Social Capital and Social Change: Women's Community Activism |
| Summary |
Activist Scholar: Selected Works of Marilyn Gittell features seminal writings by Marilyn Gittell, a preface by Sara Miller McCune (Founder and Executive Chairman, SAGE Publications), a general introduction by Ross Gittell and Kathe Newman, and part introductions by Ross Gittell, Kathe Newman, Maurice Berube, and Nancy Naples. The part introductions highlight the key areas of research Marilyn Gittell championed and provide insightful context for the articles that follow. In addition to exploring Marilyn Gittell's groundbreaking research, this book serves as a bridge to current and future commun |
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Print version record |
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Gittell, Marilyn
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| SUBJECT |
Gittell, Marilyn. fast (OCoLC)fst01991540 |
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Social participation -- Research
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Political participation -- Research
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Communities -- Research
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Communities -- Research.
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Political participation -- Research.
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Social participation -- Research.
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Electronic book
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Newman, Kathe
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| ISBN |
9781452265124 |
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1452265127 |
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