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Transforming the City - Community Organizing and the Challenge of Political Change (Paperback) Loot Price: R989
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Transforming the City - Community Organizing and the Challenge of Political Change (Paperback): Marion Orr

Transforming the City - Community Organizing and the Challenge of Political Change (Paperback)

Marion Orr

Series: Studies in Government and Public Policy

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As an avenue for progressive politics in a nation still skeptical of change, community organizing today faces significant challenges. This book assesses that activity within the context of political, cultural, social, and economic changes in cities--from World War II to the present--to show how community-based organizations have responded to these challenges.

"Transforming the City" is the first book to examine the current state of community organizing in American cities, analyzing its place in contemporary progressive politics and assessing whether it has changed in response to changes in the political economy. Leading urban scholars from a wide range of disciplines offer original commentaries on the strengths and limitations of community organizing, a form of political and civic engagement that is too often overlooked by those who bemoan the decline in social capital.

While embracing community organizing as a way to cope with the problems afflicting inner cities, these essays acknowledge the challenges inherent in globalization, de-industrialization, the demise of ward-based politics, and the values that shape contemporary American culture. They argue that larger changes in the political economy have reshaped the local ecology of civic engagement, thereby affecting the focus, orientation, and effectiveness of community organizing.

The book features case studies from Chicago to New Orleans to El Paso, covering community organizations from many organizing networks and models, such as ACORN, IAF, PICO, and DART. These cases address key policy areas such as education and housing, and the role of race in these issues and in organizing in general. By examining the actual practice of this form of democratic politics, they also show the potential of community organizing for addressing concerns about Americans' disengagement from civic and political life.

Whether pursuing longstanding problems about housing or more recent issues such as wages paid by big-box retailers, community organizing continues to have an important role to play as part of a broader progressive movement. As America decides what kind of society it wants to be, these insightful articles illuminate those larger trends in the local ecology that are forcing organizers to alter their strategies, operations, and visions for the future.


General

Imprint: University Press of Kansas
Country of origin: United States
Series: Studies in Government and Public Policy
Release date: April 2007
First published: April 2007
Editors: Marion Orr
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 264
ISBN-13: 978-0-7006-1514-8
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Urban communities
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LSN: 0-7006-1514-8
Barcode: 9780700615148

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