Everybody's Problem : The War on Poverty in Eastern North Carolina /

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Through her case study of Craven Operation Progress, Karen Hawkins challenges a number of assumptions regarding the Community Action Agencies (CAAs), central among them being that middle-class whites on CAA boards were either uninterested or unable to meet the needs of poor citizens and that biracia...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Hawkins, Karen M. (Autor)
Otros Autores: Miller, Randall M. (writer of foreword.), Harrold, Stanley (writer of foreword.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2017]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Craven Operation Progress, Inc.
Social conditions.
Race relations.
Public welfare.
Poor.
Economic assistance.
Community development.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
Aide economique > Caroline du Nord.
Aide sociale > Caroline du Nord.
Pauvres > Caroline du Nord.
Community development > North Carolina.
Economic assistance > North Carolina.
Public welfare > North Carolina.
Poor > North Carolina.
North Carolina > Craven County.
North Carolina.
Caroline du Nord > Relations raciales.
North Carolina > Race relations.
Craven County (N.C.) > Social conditions.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: When the nation's eyes were watching them
  • 409 George Street
  • Signs of a new commitment to community progress
  • The trouble with "Washington's way"
  • Triumphs of moderation
  • An unexpected rise in outside intervention
  • The fight to preserve local control
  • Conclusion: Reaping the rewards from investments in economic development and opportunity, 1969-2000
  • Appendix: Tables showing increased employment for Craven County residents between 1966 and 1980.

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