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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.
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University of Pennsylvania Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Philadelphia, Pa. : |
| Publication Dates: |
[2011] ©2011 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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American governance. |
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| Summary: |
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. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (240 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | 13 illus. |
| ISBN: | 9780812204605 |
| Index Number: | E185 |
| CLC: | D771.262 |
| Contents: |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Chapter 1. Anti-Poverty as a Civil Rights Issue? -- Chapter 2. Assessing and Explaining Shifts in Organizational Priorities -- Chapter 3. Civil Rights Organizations and the War on Poverty -- Chapter 4. Civil Rights Organizations Anti-Poverty Activities During the Late 1960s and Early 1970s -- Chapter 5. Explaining Priority Shifts During the 1960s -- Chapter 6. Explaining Priority Shifts During the Early 1970s -- Chapter 7. Recent Battles, Recent Challenges -- Chapter 8. Conclusions -- Appendix A. Archival Research and Coding -- Appendix B. Magnitude of Shifts in Organizational Attention to Anti-Poverty Policy -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Notes to Figure Sources -- Bibliography -- Index. |