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It is hard to think of a more timely and topical major contribution
than Drs. Naparstek, Biegel, Spiro, and collaborators have provided
in this volume. Their penetrating, comprehensive study and field
tests give us mapping toward the goal of reifying the concept of
"community" as applied to human services. The book will prove
invaluable to those at the policy level-legislators, planners, and
administrators. It will serve as an essential reference for
community workers-professional provid ers, natural helpers, and
citizens as a whole. A salient ideal of New Federalism-placing
governance as close to the people as practicable-seems a prophetic
match with the model of Neighborhood Empowerment. As the authors
point out, conventional wisdom has seemed to offer government
regulation, control, and pro gram evaluation as a panacea package
for improving human services. This work suggests a radically
different approach; specifically, a shift to greater instrumental
involvement of the richly variegated mosaic of American
neighborhoods, combined with a system of excellent, high technology
service agencies. Certainly, genuine efforts have been made before
toward a true linkage of the community with human services. The
Great Society pro grams, with their emphasis on citizen involvement
and "maximum fea sible participation" established the foundation
for legitimate citizen/ consumer linkage with the program process.
Yet, in so many instances, the results fell far short of
expectations.
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