02591nam 22006133u 450 991078007800332120230607213152.00-520-92600-51-59734-544-X10.1525/9780520926004(CKB)111056485642004(EBL)224450(OCoLC)614554422(SSID)ssj0000122693(PQKBManifestationID)11133499(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000122693(PQKBWorkID)10130679(PQKB)10753697(MiAaPQ)EBC224450(DE-B1597)648663(DE-B1597)9780520926004(EXLCZ)9911105648564200420130418d2001|||| u|| |engur|||||||||||txtccrCivic 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 StatesCitizens' associations.Political participation.Political participationCitizens' associations322.40973323/.042/0973Sirianni Carmen1153094Friedland Lewis1518027AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910780078003321Civic innovation in America3755366UNINA