Jane Addams and the practice of democracy / edited by Marilyn Fischer, Carol Nackenoff, and Wendy Chmielewski.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fischer, Marilyn.

Nackenoff, Carol.

Chmielewski, Wendy E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Addams, Jane, 1860-1935--Congresses.

Addams, Jane.

Women social workers--United States--Biography--Congresses.

Women social workers.

Women social reformers--United States--Biography--Congresses.

Women social reformers.

Democracy--Congresses.

Democracy.

Civil society--Congresses.

Civil society.

Physical Description:

viii, 230 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Using a rich array of newly available sources and contemporary methodologies from many disciplines, the ten original essays in this volume give a fresh appraisal of Addams as a theorist and practitioner of democracy. In an increasingly interdependent world, Addams's life work offers resources for activists, scholars, policy makers, and theorists alike. This volume demonstrates how scholars continue to interpret Addams as a model for transcending disciplinary boundaries, generating theory out of concrete experience, and keeping theory and practice in close and fruitful dialogue. Contributors are Harriet Hyman Alonso, Victoria Bissell Brown, Wendy Chmielewski, Marilyn Fischer, Shannon Jackson, Louise W. Knight, Carol Nackenoff, Karen Pastorello, Wendy Sarvasay, Charlene Haddock Seigfried, and Camilla Stivers.

Contents:

front cover

title page

copyright

TOC

intro

chapter 1

index

back cover.

Notes:

Chapters based on presentations at two conferences held in 2002.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-283-07012-X

9786613070128

0-252-09122-1

OCLC:

785781178