Contesting Community : The Limits and Potential of Local Organizing /

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What do community organizations and organizers do, and what should they do? For the past thirty years politicians, academics, advocates, and activists have heralded community as a site and strategy for social change. In contrast, Contesting Community paints a more critical picture of community work...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: DeFilippis, James
Autres auteurs: Shragge, Eric, 1948-, Fisher, Robert, 1947-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Piscataway : Rutgers University Press, 2010.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Social change.
Political participation.
Community organization.
Community development.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > City Planning & Urban Development.
community organizations.
Changement social.
Participation politique.
Organisation communautaire.
Social Change
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 1. Community and its discontents
  • 2. History matters : canons, anti-canons, and critical lessons from the past
  • 3. The market, the state, and community in the contemporary political economy
  • 4. "It takes a village" : community as contemporary social reform
  • 5. What's left in the community?
  • 6. Radicalizing community.

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