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Civil rights advocacy on behalf of the poor /

In Civil Rights Advocacy on Behalf of the Poor, Catherine M. Paden examines five civil rights organizations and explores why they chose to represent the poor--specifically, low-income African Americans--during six legislative periods considering welfare reform.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Paden, Catherine M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011.
Colección:American governance.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Chapter 1. Anti-Poverty as a Civil Rights Issue?
  • Chapter 2. Assessing and Explaining Shifts in Organizational Priorities
  • Chapter 3. Civil Rights Organizations and the War on Poverty
  • Chapter 4. Civil Rights Organizations' Anti-Poverty Activities During the Late 1960s and Early 1970s
  • Chapter 5. Explaining Priority Shifts During the 1960s
  • Chapter 6. Explaining Priority Shifts During the Early 1970s
  • Chapter 7. Recent Battles, Recent Challenges
  • Chapter 8. Conclusions
  • Appendix A. Archival Research and Coding
  • Appendix B. Magnitude of Shifts in Organizational Attention to Anti-Poverty Policy
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Notes to Figure Sources
  • Bibliography
  • Index.