Contesting community : the limits and potential of local organizing /
DeFilippis, James.
Contesting community : the limits and potential of local organizing / James DeFilippis, Robert Fisher, Eric Shragge. - 1 online resource (223 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-197) and index.
1. Community and its discontents -- 2. History matters : canons, anti-canons, and critical lessons from the past -- 3. The market, the state, and community in the contemporary political economy -- 4. "It takes a village" : community as contemporary social reform -- 5. What's left in the community? -- 6. Radicalizing community.
What do community organizations and organizers do, and what should they do? For the past thirty years politicians, academics, advocates, and activists have heralded community as a site and strategy for social change. In contrast, Contesting Community paints a more critical picture of community work which, according to the authors--in both theory and practice--has amounted to less than the sum of its parts. Their comparative study of efforts in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada describes and analyzes the limits and potential of this work. Covering dozens of groups, including ACOR.
English.
9780813549743 (electronic bk.) 0813549744 (electronic bk.) 9780813547558 0813547555 9780813547565 0813547563 1283383098 9781283383097 9786613383099 6613383090
9786613383099 ebc864877 10.36019/9780813549743 doi
22573/ctt4jv6m3 JSTOR
Community organization.
Community development.
Political participation.
Social change.
Social Change
Organisation communautaire.
Participation politique.
Changement social.
community organizations.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--City Planning & Urban Development.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Sociology--General.
Community development.
Community organization.
Political participation.
Social change.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
HM766
307.1/4 307.14
Online Book
Contesting community : the limits and potential of local organizing / James DeFilippis, Robert Fisher, Eric Shragge. - 1 online resource (223 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-197) and index.
1. Community and its discontents -- 2. History matters : canons, anti-canons, and critical lessons from the past -- 3. The market, the state, and community in the contemporary political economy -- 4. "It takes a village" : community as contemporary social reform -- 5. What's left in the community? -- 6. Radicalizing community.
What do community organizations and organizers do, and what should they do? For the past thirty years politicians, academics, advocates, and activists have heralded community as a site and strategy for social change. In contrast, Contesting Community paints a more critical picture of community work which, according to the authors--in both theory and practice--has amounted to less than the sum of its parts. Their comparative study of efforts in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada describes and analyzes the limits and potential of this work. Covering dozens of groups, including ACOR.
English.
9780813549743 (electronic bk.) 0813549744 (electronic bk.) 9780813547558 0813547555 9780813547565 0813547563 1283383098 9781283383097 9786613383099 6613383090
9786613383099 ebc864877 10.36019/9780813549743 doi
22573/ctt4jv6m3 JSTOR
Community organization.
Community development.
Political participation.
Social change.
Social Change
Organisation communautaire.
Participation politique.
Changement social.
community organizations.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--City Planning & Urban Development.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Sociology--General.
Community development.
Community organization.
Political participation.
Social change.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
HM766
307.1/4 307.14
Online Book