Community practice as social activism : from direct action to direct services /: from direct action to direct services. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Benjamin Shepard, New York City College of Technology, City University of New York ; foreword by Steve Burghardt.
• Other Names: Shepard, Benjamin, 1969-
• Contents: Foreword -- Author -- Acknowledgments -- About the author -- Theory, contexts and understandings -- On community practice -- Activism in a changing world : looking back to move forward -- Learning from community projects -- In conclusion -- Practice and power -- Social action and reclaiming power -- Identifying issues and goal-setting -- Research as action -- Mobilization and spreading the message -- Direct action and?getting the goods? -- Legal strategies, social services, and social movements -- Praxis: from direct action to direct services -- Social movement to social services: from the black panthers to the young lords -- From critique to coexistence with capital: the woodlawn organization and the -- Act up to the world: direct action to direct services -- Harm reduction and human services: experiments in syringe exchange -- The perils of the nonprofit industrial complex -- Diy politics and world-making: mutual aid, anarchism, and alternative solutions -- Multi-issue organizing: from the women's movement to struggles for global -- Community building against inequality: zapatistas, occupations, and transnational advocacy -- References -- Index.
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks, CA : SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 234 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 361.8; Social movements -- United States; Community-based social services -- United States; Political participation -- United States; Community-based social services; Political participation; Social movements; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services; United States; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781483309378; 1483309371
• Related ISBNs: 9781412964265; 1412964261; 1412964253; 9781412964258
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-225) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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