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Activist Scholar - Selected Works of Marilyn Gittell (Hardcover)
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Activist Scholar - Selected Works of Marilyn Gittell (Hardcover)
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"Activist Scholar: Selected Works" "of Marilyn Gittell" features
seminal writings by Marilyn Gittell, a preface by Sara Miller
McCune (Founder and Executive Chairman, SAGE Publications), a
general introduction by Ross Gittell and Kathe Newman, and part
introductions by Ross Gittell, Kathe Newman, Maurice Berube, and
Nancy Naples. The part introductions highlight the key areas of
research Marilyn Gittell championed and provide insightful context
for the articles that follow. In addition to exploring Marilyn
Gittell's groundbreaking research, this book serves as a bridge to
current and future community-based urban research that advances
citizen participation and empowerment.Marilyn Gittell was a
renowned scholar and social activist. A graduate of Brooklyn
College (BA) and New York University (PhD), she held her first
faculty appointment at Queens College (1960-1973) before serving as
Associate Provost (1973-1978) at Brooklyn College. She then joined
the faculty of the City University of New York's Graduate Center
(1978-2010) as Professor of Political Science. She helped launch
and was the founding editor of "Urban Affairs Quarterly," the
leading academic journal in the field of urban research."Activist
Scholar" highlights Professor Gittell's writings on community
organizations, citizen participation, urban politics, the politics
of education, and gender. She specialized in applied and
comparative research on local, regional, national, and
international policies and politics, and placed a high priority on
training researchers and scholars. Marilyn Gittell was a mentor to
hundreds of students in the City University of New York system, and
her legacy of activism continues as her students, now on the
faculties of universities across the nation, engage in important
work globally.
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