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950162
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b704532
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Sirianni, Carmen.
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Civic innovation in America : : community empowerment, public policy, and the movement for civic renewal /\ Carmen Sirianni and Lewis Friedland.
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| Publication Statement
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Berkeley :: University of California Press,, ©2001.
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1 online resource (xiv, 371 pages)
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0520226364
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: 0520226372
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: 0520926005
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: 0585390053
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: 159734544X
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: 9780520226364
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: 9780520226371
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: 9780520926004
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: 9780585390055
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: 9781597345446
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-347) and index.
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| Contents
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Civic innovation and American politics -- Community organizing and development -- Civic environmentalism -- Community health and civic organizing -- Public journalism -- The civic renewal movement.
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| Abstract
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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 1960s 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."" They also explore the emergence of a movement for civic renewal that builds upon the civic movements in these four ar.
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Citizens' associations-- United States.
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Political participation-- United States.
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Comités de citoyens-- États-Unis.
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Participation politique-- États-Unis.
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Citizens' associations.
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Government - U.S.
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Law, Politics Government.
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Political participation.
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Political Rights - U.S.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Freedom Security-- Civil Rights.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Freedom Security-- Human Rights.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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323/.042/0973
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JK1764.S543 2001eb
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Friedland, Lewis A.
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