1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910454765603321

Autore

Sirianni Carmen

Titolo

Civic Innovation in America [[electronic resource] ] : Community Empowerment, Public Policy, and the Movement for Civic Renewal

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2001

ISBN

0-520-92600-5

1-59734-544-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (386 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

FriedlandLewis

Disciplina

322.40973

323/.042/0973

Soggetti

Citizens' associations

Political participation

Political participation - United States

Citizens' associations - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1. Civic Innovation and American Politics; 2. Community Organizing and Development; 3. Civic Environmentalism; 4. Community Health and Civic Organizing; 5. Public Journalism; 6. The Civic Renewal Movement; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this book, two leading experts on community action provide the first scholarly examination of the civic renewal movement that has emerged in the United States in recent decades. Sirianni Friedland examine civic innovation since the 1960's as social learning in four arenas (community organizing/development, civic environmentalism, community health, and public journalism), and they link local efforts to broader networks and to the development of ""public policy for democracy.



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996321076203316

Titolo

Miscellanea geographica

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Warsaw, Poland] : , : Versita

Warsaw, Poland : , : De Gruyter Open

ISSN

2084-6118

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

910/.5

Soggetti

Geography

Community development

Regional planning

Geografia

Periodicals.

Polònia Geografia Revistes

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Refereed/Peer-reviewed

Some issues also have special theme titles.

Print version published: Warszawa : Wydział Geografii i Studiów Regionalnych Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, 1984-