1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910480781203321

Autore

Eichler Mike

Titolo

Consensus organizing [[electronic resource] ] : building communities of mutual self-interest / / Mike Eichler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c2007

ISBN

1-4522-0410-1

1-4129-2658-0

1-4522-2276-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Disciplina

322.440973

361.2

Soggetti

Community organization - United States

Social action - United States

Consensus (Social sciences) - United States

Community development - 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 bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

COVER; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 - COMMUNITY ORGANIZING; 2 - EVOLUTION OF CONSENSUS ORGANIZING; 3 - ISSUES ANALYSIS; 4 - PROGRAM DESIGN; 5 - CULTURAL COMPETENCY IN CONSENSUS ORGANIZING; 6 - CONSENSUS ORGANIZING STRATEGIES AND TACTICS; 7 - DEVELOPING EXTERNAL RELATIONSHIPS; 8 - FORMING PARTNERSHIPS; 9 - BUILDING PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS; 10 - BUILDING INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS; 11 - DEVELOPING YOUNG ORGANIZERS; 12 - USING CONSENSUS ORGANIZING IN OTHER PROFESSIONS; 13 - THE FUTURE OF CONSENSUS ORGANIZING; "ANSWERS" TO REFLECTION QUESTIONS; INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Sommario/riassunto

Written in a logical, teachable, and pragmatic style,this book provides a model of social change for the 21st century. Through real examples, the author illustrates how anyone can practice consensus organizing and help the poor, forgotten, and disempowered.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457125303321

Autore

Sprott Jane B

Titolo

Justice for girls? [[electronic resource] ] : stability and change in the youth justice systems of the United States and Canada / / Jane B. Sprott and Anthony N. Doob ; with a foreword by Franklin E. Zimring

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2009

ISBN

1-283-15977-5

9786613159779

0-226-77006-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (229 p.)

Collana

Adolescent development and legal policy

Altri autori (Persone)

DoobAnthony N

ZimringFranklin E

Disciplina

364.36082/0973

Soggetti

Female juvenile delinquents - United States

Juvenile justice, Administration of - United States

Female juvenile delinquents - Canada

Juvenile justice, Administration of - Canada

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-208) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Criminal girls and girls in youth justice -- Are sugar and spice really evolving into snips and snails and puppy-dog tails? -- Paternalism and the social control of adolescent girls: juvenile justice reform in the United states -- Paternalism and the social control of adolescent girls: juvenile justice reform in Canada -- The impact of law reform: deinstitutionalization in law and practice in the United States -- The impact of law reform: deinstitutionalization in law and practice in Canada -- Continuity and change in justice for girls -- Appendixes.

Sommario/riassunto

For over a century, as women have fought for and won greater freedoms, concern over an epidemic of female criminality, especially among young women, has followed. Fear of this crime wave-despite a persistent lack of evidence of its existence-has played a decisive role in the development of the youth justice systems in the United States and Canada. Justice for Girls? is a comprehensive comparative study of the way these countries have responded to the hysteria over "girl crime"



and how it has affected the treatment of both girls and boys. Tackling a century of