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Civic innovation in America : community empowerment, public policy, and the movement for civic renewal / Carmen Sirianni and Lewis Friedland.
LIBRA JK1764 .S543 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sirianni, Carmen.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political participation--United States.
- Political participation.
- United States.
- Citizens' associations--United States.
- Citizens' associations.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 371 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, [2001]
- Summary:
- Two leading experts on community action provide the first scholarly examination of the civic renewal movement that has emerged in the United States in recent decades.
- Contents:
- 1. Civic Innovation and American Politics 1
- 2. Community Organizing and Development 35
- 3. Civic Environmentalism 85
- 4. Community Health and Civic Organizing 138
- 5. Public Journalism 186
- 6. The Civic Renewal Movement 234.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-347) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0520226364
- 0520226372
- OCLC:
- 43985203
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