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UNINA9910480781203321 |
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Autore |
Eichler Mike |
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Titolo |
Consensus organizing [[electronic resource] ] : building communities of mutual self-interest / / Mike Eichler |
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Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c2007 |
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1-4522-0410-1 |
1-4129-2658-0 |
1-4522-2276-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (273 p.) |
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Community organization - United States |
Social action - United States |
Consensus (Social sciences) - United States |
Community development - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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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 |
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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. |
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UNINA9910457125303321 |
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Autore |
Sprott Jane B |
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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 |
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Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2009 |
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1-283-15977-5 |
9786613159779 |
0-226-77006-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (229 p.) |
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Collana |
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Adolescent development and legal policy |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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DoobAnthony N |
ZimringFranklin E |
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Female juvenile delinquents - United States |
Juvenile justice, Administration of - United States |
Female juvenile delinquents - Canada |
Juvenile justice, Administration of - Canada |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-208) and index. |
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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. |
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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" |
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and how it has affected the treatment of both girls and boys. Tackling a century of |
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