Civic innovation in America : community empowerment, public policy, and the movement for civic renewal / Carmen Sirianni and Lewis Friedland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sirianni, Carmen.

Contributor:

Friedland, Lewis A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political participation--United States.

Political participation.

Citizens' associations--United States.

Citizens' associations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (386 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this book, 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. Sirianni Friedland examine civic innovation since the 1960's as social learning in four arenas (community organizing/development, civic environmentalism, community health, and public journalism), and they link local efforts to broader networks and to the development of ""public policy for democracy.

Contents:

Preliminaries; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1. Civic Innovation and American Politics; 2. Community Organizing and Development; 3. Civic Environmentalism; 4. Community Health and Civic Organizing; 5. Public Journalism; 6. The Civic Renewal Movement; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-347) and index.

ISBN:

0-520-92600-5

1-59734-544-X

OCLC:

614554422