| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 264 pages) : map |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Preface -- Introduction: elite competition, community action, and democratic theory in the expansion of American democracy -- Professional turf battles in the planning of the mobilization for Youth Project -- Sufficiently vague: the Ford Foundation, social scientists, and their conceptualizations of community action -- Community action and Congressional intent: the President's Committee on Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Crime -- The mobilization for youth proposal and the project's dispute with area school principals -- Challenging "social work colonialism" in Harlem: the Harlem Youth Opportunities Unlimited and Associated Community Teams proposals and early project disputes -- The HARYOU-ACT and mobilization for youth project crises of 1964 -- Black protest and white backlash: the rise and fall of community action in the war on poverty -- Conclusion: the legacy of impossible democracy. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Community Action Program (U.S.)
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Community Action Program (U.S.) |
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Economic assistance, Domestic -- United States.
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Economic assistance, Domestic. |
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United States. |
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Community development -- United States.
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Community development. |
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Community organization -- United States.
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Community organization. |
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Social action -- United States.
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Social action. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cazenave, Noel A., 1948- Impossible democracy. Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2007 9780791471593 (DLC) 2006032530 (OCoLC)71947905 |
| ISBN |
9781461904205 (electronic book) |
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146190420X (electronic book) |
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9780791471593 |
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0791471594 |
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9780791471609 |
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0791471608 |
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