Black Baltimore : A New Theory of Community /

Describes how ''base communities'' small peer groups that share similar views, circumstances, and objectives have helped neighborhoods respond to the failure of both government and the market to create conditions for a decent quality of life for all. The author also argues for th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: McDougall, Harold A. (Harold Augustus), 1945- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Temple University, 1993.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Social conditions.
Politics and government.
African Americans.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
Noirs americains > Maryland > Baltimore.
African Americans > Maryland > Baltimore.
Maryland > Baltimore.
Baltimore (Md.) > Politics and government.
Baltimore (Md.) > Social conditions.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments; Prologue; 1. Civil Rights and the New Property; 2. Baltimore''s Vernacular Black Community; 3. The New Property versus the Vernacular Community; 4. Picking up the Pieces at the Grassroots; 5. Black Control of Baltimore''s Government: A Hollow Prize?; 6. Church, State, and Neighborhood: Forums for Citizen Action; 7. Community Building in Partnership; 8. Base Communities: Citizen Action at the Grassroots; 9. From Base Community to New Community; Notes; Bibliography; Index

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