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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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Paden, Catherine M.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011.
Series:American governance.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Poor African Americans > History > 20th century.
Poor > United States > History > 20th century.
Civil rights movements > United States > History > 20th century.
Social advocacy > United States > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > Societies, etc. > History > 20th century.
Noirs américains > Droits > Associations > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Défense des droits économiques et sociaux > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Mouvements des droits de l'homme > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Noirs américains pauvres > Histoire > 20e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Civil Rights.
African Americans > Civil rights > Societies, etc.
Civil rights movements
Poor
Poor African Americans
Social advocacy
United States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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