"A new philosophy of organizing is afoot in the land. It works
with, as well as opposing, City Hall. It forms ongoing
relationships. It takes the long view. It works from the bottom up.
It deliberates about ends and means. It crafts voluntary
agreements. It fosters common work. After reading this book, you
think, 'Maybe we are entering a new era of citizen activism and
self-government.' We've learned. I recommend this book to any
activist, and to anyone who wants to understand activism in
America."--Jane Mansbridge, Adams Professor of Political Leadership
and Democratic Values, John F. Kennedy School of Government,
Harvard University
"This book is an extraordinarily useful and comprehensive
account of the wave of renewal that is occurring in the United
States today. . . . Americans should read this excellent
book."--John Gardner, founder of "Common Cause and former U.S.
Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
""Civic Innovation in America by Carmen Sirianni and Lewis
Friedland is a wonderful book, rich in insights and stories of the
growth of civic learning, dazzling in its facility with issues of
contemporary democratic and social theory. It is also a book of
democratic hope. As the authors weave together an account of the
steady accumulation of learning that has developed over the last
generation, they also help to give this growing movement depth and
visibility and self-consciousness. "Civic Innovation in America not
only chronicles the broad and diverse stirrings of a movement for
democratic revitalization, it aids in bringing the movement into
being. It could not come at a more crucial time."--Harry Boyte,
Co-Director, Center for Democracy and Citizenship, University
ofMinnesota
"This book offers a fresh, innovative approach to social
movements, especially with its focus on the emergence of
partnership strategies (as distinct from more purely adversarial
strategies). The book reminds us of the importance of designing
public policies that build civic capacity. There is important and
insightful information here for scholars, agency professionals, and
community activists alike."--Anne Schneider, Dean of the College of
Public Programs at Arizona State University
""Civic Innovation in America is a remarkably detailed catalog
of major efforts at civic renewal in health, the environment,
journalism, and community organizing--taking place in scores of
cities and towns around the country in the past 20 years.
Yes--vital, innovative, in-the-trenches civic work in the midst of
the Reagan-Bush-New-Democrat era. To document these efforts and to
persuasively show in them common origins, common patterns, and
common problems is a civic achievement in itself. Sirianni and
Friedland not only describe important social change but contribute
to it."--Michael Schudson, Professor of Communication, University
of California, San Diego
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