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Transformative civic engagement through community organizing / Maria Avila ; foreword by Scott Peters ; afterword by Michael Gecan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Avila, Maria, 1955- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Community organization--Study and teaching (Higher).
- Community organization.
- Transformative learning.
- Community and college.
- Democracy and education.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (118 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Sterling, Virginia : Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2018.
- Summary:
- This book is a narrative of her personal and professional journey and of how she has gone about co-creating spaces where democracy can be enacted and individual, institutional, and community transformation can occur.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1: Introduction and Overview
- Chapter 2: Four Community Organizing Practices
- Chapter 3: How Community Organizing Evolved at Occidental College
- Chapter 4: The Market, Civically Engaged Scholarship, and Reciprocity
- Chapter 5: Concluding Points and Final Reflections
- Afterword
- Appendix
- Glossary
- References
- About the Author
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-00-344829-1
- 1-000-97345-X
- 1-003-44829-1
- 1-62036-105-1
- 9781003448297
- OCLC:
- 1009334935
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