Activist scholar : selected works of Marilyn Gittell /: selected works of Marilyn Gittell. (©2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Editors, Ross Gittell, Kathe Newman.
• Other Names: Gittell, Marilyn; Gittell, Ross J, 1957-; Newman, Kathe
• Contents: Machine generated contents note: pt. I EDUCATIONAL REFORM AND CITIZEN PARTICIPATION -- 1. Prologue and Epilogue From Confrontation at Ocean Hill-Brownsville / Maurice R. Berube -- 2. Education: The Decentralization-Community Control Controversy / Marilyn Gittell -- 3. School Reform in New York and Chicago: Revisiting the Ecology of Local Games / Marilyn Gittell -- 4. The Effect of Geography, Education and Labor Market Segregation on Women's Economic Status in New York State / Marilyn Gittell -- pt. II COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZING -- Introduction / Kathe Newman -- 5. Chapters 1 and 2 From Limits to Citizen Participation: The Decline of Community Organizations / Marilyn Gittell -- 6. Expanding Civic Opportunity: Urban Empowerment Zones / Robert Lindsay -- 7. Race and Gender in Neighborhood Development Organizations / Kathe Newman -- 8.Community Organizing, Relationships, Collaboration, and Research: Lessons From the Fund for Community Organizing Initiative / Marilyn Gittell -- pt. III WOMEN's LEADERSHIP, SOCIAL CAPITAL, AND SOCIAL CHANGE -- Introduction / Nancy A. Naples -- 9. Changing Women's Roles in Political Volunteerism and Reform of the City / Teresa Shtob -- 10. Activist Women: Conflicting Ideologies / Nancy A. Naples -- 11. The Gender Gap: Coalescing for Power / Nancy A. Naples.
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks, CA : SAGE Publications
• Publication Date: 2012
• Copyright Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxi, 341 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 301; Social participation -- Research; Political participation -- Research; Communities -- Research; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Regional Studies; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781452265124; 1452265127; 9781452243993; 1452243999
• Related ISBNs: 1412997623; 9781412997621
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.