1. Community organizations: an interdisciplinary perspective -- 2. The changing character of community organizations -- 3. Research methods and procedures -- 4. Toward a typology of organizations: strategy and class -- 5. Characteristics of community organizations -- 6. Networking and organizational behavior -- 7. Organizations and public policy: limits on effectiveness -- 8. The politics oft school systems: access -- 9. The city as an environment -- 10. Democracy, participation, and community organizations -- 11. Epilogue
