| Description |
xi, 203 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Preface / by Anne Braden -- Social education. Social consciousness ; Four educational principles ; A multi-faceted challenge -- Challenging repression in community youth centers. The project's origins. In a background of social unrest ; Involvement : A first contact ; Notes on a fluid social reality ; Creating new social knowledge. Deciphering the institutions ; Clarifying our social projects ; Evaluating work activities ; Acquiring a new educational tool ; The project's continuation ; Uncharted territory -- Rebuilding a militant housing movement. A history of struggle. The making of the crisis ; Resistance ; Foundations of a new movement ; The first study program ; Building the base ; The study program. Developing the program ; Formulating the work method ; Workshop 1 : Political economy of the housing crisis ; Workshop 2 : Patterns and projection in displacement ; Workshop 3 : Impact of federal housing programs in the district ; Workshop 4 : Housing programs of the district government ; Workshop 5 : Cooperatives ; Workshop 6 : Housing strategies used in other cities ; Workshop 7 : The finance industry and alternative sources of funding ; Workshop 8 : City wide's housing program ; Workshop 9 : Preparing for public forums ; Workshop 10 : Building alliances ; Unequal political development. Criticisms emerge ; Our mechanical approach ; The work method re-examined ; Epilog. Confronting elitism in international solidarity work. Structuring the training program. Our first contact ; A second meeting : A first confrontation ; The group's internal negotiation ; Negotiations between the group and outside leaders ; Negotiating authority ; Implementing the training program. Summing up the group's past practice ; Defining a political consensus ; Examing the group's internal functioning ; Evaluating the DB's educational programs ; Consolidating the group's decisions ; Our dilemma -- The methodology explored. Negotiation. Determining purposes ; Defining content ; Structuring the study program ; Creating social knowledge. Defining objectives for each phase of study ; Developing a work method ; Analyzing social practice through the work method ; Synthesizing social knowledge ; Evaluation. Leadership. A radical acceptance. |
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Government, Resistance to.
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Government, Resistance to. |
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Political psychology.
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Political psychology. |
| ISBN |
0896081222 |
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