Poverty in Common : The Politics of Community Action during the American Century /

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This work looks at inter-related post WWII case studies to analyze the ways in which different groups, mostly governmental agencies and emerging activist organizations, invoked the idea of ""community"" in anti-poverty initiatives during the late 1950s and 1960s

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Goldstein, Alyosha
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Community Action Program (U.S.)
Community Action Program (U.S.) > History.
Välfärdspolitik > Förenta staterna.
Social service.
Public welfare.
Poverty > Government policy.
Economic history.
Economic assistance, Domestic.
Community development.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Poverty & Homelessness.
Pauvrete > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Poverty > Government policy > United States > History > 20th century.
Public welfare > United States > History > 20th century.
Social service > United States > History > 20th century.
Community development > United States > History > 20th century.
Economic assistance, Domestic > United States > History > 20th century.
United States.
États-Unis > Conditions economiques > 1945-
United States > Economic conditions > 1945-
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:This work looks at inter-related post WWII case studies to analyze the ways in which different groups, mostly governmental agencies and emerging activist organizations, invoked the idea of ""community"" in anti-poverty initiatives during the late 1950s and 1960s
Physical Description:1 online resource (392 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780822395010

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