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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Main Author: Hawkins, Karen M. (Author)
Other Authors: Miller, Randall M. (writer of foreword.), Harrold, Stanley (writer of foreword.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2017]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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 biracial agreement and cooperation was essentially impossible. Drawing from untapped primary sources, Hawkins finds some successes in interracial cooperation. Hawkins contends that it was not only liberal action that led to economic and social change in Eastern North Carolina, but also moderate compromise and open mindedness.
Physical Description:1 online resource (392 pages).
ISBN:9780813052045

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