The dignity of resistance : women residents' activism in Chicago public housing /

This comprehensive case study chronicles the four decade history of Chicago's Wentworth Gardens public housing residents' grassroots activism. It explores why and how the African-American women residents creatively and effectively engaged in organizing efforts to resist increasing governme...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Feldman, Roberta M.
Otros Autores: Stall, Susan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Colección:Cambridge series in environment and behavior.
Temas:
Women in community organization > Illinois > Chicago > Case studies.
Community leadership > Illinois > Chicago > Case studies.
Public housing > Illinois > Chicago > Case studies.
African American women > Illinois > Chicago > Case studies.
Femmes dans l'organisation communautaire > Illinois > Chicago > Études de cas.
Leadership communautaire > Illinois > Chicago > Études de cas.
Logement social > Illinois > Chicago > Études de cas.
Noires américaines > Illinois > Chicago > Études de cas.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
African American women.
Community leadership.
Public housing.
Women in community organization.
Schwarze Frau
Wohnungspolitik
Illinois > Chicago.
Chicago, Ill.
Case studies.
Fallstudiensammlung.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:This comprehensive case study chronicles the four decade history of Chicago's Wentworth Gardens public housing residents' grassroots activism. It explores why and how the African-American women residents creatively and effectively engaged in organizing efforts to resist increasing government disinvestment in public housing and the threat of demolition.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xx, 388 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-376) and index.
ISBN:9781107321267
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