Civil Rights Advocacy on Behalf of the Poor

Informationen zum Autor Catherine M. Paden Klappentext Catherine M. Paden is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Simmons College. Zusammenfassung In Civil Rights Advocacy on Behalf of the Poor! Catherine M. Paden examines five civil rights organizations and explores why they chose to represent the poor-specifically! low-income African Americans-during six legislative periods considering welfare reform. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Antipoverty as a Civil Rights Issue? 2. Assessing and Explaining Shifts in Organizational Priorities 3. Civil Rights Organizations and the War on Poverty 4. Civil Rights Organizations' Antipoverty Activities During the Late 1960s and Early 1970s 5. Explaining Priority Shifts During the 1960s 6. Explaining Priority Shifts During the Early 1970s 7. Recent Battles, Recent Challenges 8. Conclusions Appendix A: Archival Research and Coding Appendix B: Shifts in Organizational Attention to Antipoverty Policy List of Abbreviations Notes Notes to Figure Sources Bibliography Index Acknowledgments

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• Authors: Catherine M Paden, Catherine M. Paden, PADEN CATHERINE M
• Publisher: University of pennsylvania pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.03.2013
• EAN: 9780812222678
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-2267-8
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: American Governance: Politics,; American Governance: Politics, Policy, and Public Law; American Governance: Politics, Policy, and Public Law; American Governance: Politics,
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Politics / Current Events, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights