02482nam 22005773u 450 991045476560332120210218010225.00-520-92600-51-59734-544-X(CKB)111056485642004(EBL)224450(OCoLC)614554422(SSID)ssj0000122693(PQKBManifestationID)11133499(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000122693(PQKBWorkID)10130679(PQKB)10753697(MiAaPQ)EBC224450(EXLCZ)9911105648564200420130418d2001|||| u|| |engtxtccrCivic Innovation in America[electronic resource] Community Empowerment, Public Policy, and the Movement for Civic RenewalBerkeley University of California Press20011 online resource (386 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-22636-4 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; IndexIn 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.Citizens' associationsPolitical participationPolitical participationUnited StatesCitizens' associationsUnited StatesElectronic books.Citizens' associations.Political participation.Political participationCitizens' associations322.40973323/.042/0973Sirianni Carmen943203Friedland Lewis943204AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910454765603321Civic Innovation in America2128748UNINA