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Dilemmas of Social Reform - Poverty and Community Action in the United States (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
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Dilemmas of Social Reform - Poverty and Community Action in the United States (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
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This title is a classic work on social reform. It is an account of
the origins and development of community action from its beginnings
in the Ford Foundation Gray Area Programs and the President's
Committee on Juvenile Delinquency, through the rise and decline of
the War on Poverty and the Model Cities program. In the ruthlessly
impartial examination of various poverty programs, two social
scientists one British, one American--explain why programs of such
size and complexity have only a minimal chance of success. They
describe the realities of reform and point up how the conservatism
of bureaucracy, the rivalries among political and administrative
jurisdictions, and the apathy of the poor have often hindered
national and local efforts. On the other hand, they show how these
obstacles can be overcome by an imaginative combination of
leadership, democratic participation, and scientific analysis. This
second edition also contains a new chapter that was not included in
the first edition. This new chapter, tries to set the study in a
broader context: first, by interpreting the political motives and
constraints that led to the adoption of community action as a
principal strategy of a nationwide war on poverty and second, by
discussing the underlying weaknesses of democracy that community
action implied and sought to tackle. Distinguished by an analysis
of the major critics of community action, the book provides a
balanced perspective of the movement against its many foes. It is
important reading for anyone engaged in planning or community
action, whether as organizer, consultant, official, or politician.
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