Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-347) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Civic innovation and American politics -- Community organizing and development -- Civic environmentalism -- Community health and civic organizing -- Public journalism -- The civic renewal movement.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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In this book, two leading experts on community action provide the first scholarly examination of the civic renewal movement that has emerged in the United States in recent decades. Sirianni Friedland examine civic innovation since the 1960s as social learning in four arenas (community organizing/development, civic environmentalism, community health, and public journalism), and they link local efforts to broader networks and to the development of ""public policy for democracy."" They also explore the emergence of a movement for civic renewal that builds upon the civic movements in these four ar.
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EBL224450
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Title
Civic innovation in America.
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0520226364
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Citizens' associations-- United States.
Political participation-- United States.
Comités de citoyens-- États-Unis.
Participation politique-- États-Unis.
Citizens' associations.
Government - U.S.
Law, Politics & Government.
Political participation.
Political Rights - U.S.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Freedom & Security-- Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Freedom & Security-- Human Rights.