Naples Grassroots Warriors

Activist Mothering, Community Work, and the War on Poverty
Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-1-317-79600-8
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 296 Seiten

Reihe: Perspectives on Gender

First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Naples, Nancy A.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Feminismus, Feministische Theorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART I: INTRODUCTION
1. Women Warriors in the War on Poverty
PART II: THE U.S. WAR ON POVERTY
2. Contradictions of New Careers
3. Community Action in Differing Political Contexts
PART III: MOTIVATIONS AND INSPIRATIONS
4. Pathways to Community Work
5. Activist Mothering, Community Caretaking, and Civic Work
PART IV: THE GENDERED POLITICS OF COMMUNITY WORK
6. Dynamics of Race, Class, and Feminist Praxis
7. Intergenerational Continuity of Community Work
PART V: CONCLUSION: LESSONS FOR A RENEWED WAR ON POVERTY
8. Shifting Standpoints on Politics and the State
APPENDICES
A. Methodological Considerations
B. A Demographic Profile of the Community Workers Interviewed
C. Don't Bother Voting in Poverty Elections
D. Amending the War on Poverty
E. Permissable and Prohibited Activities PAAC 1966
F. Map of Philadelphia's Twelve Poverty Areas
G. Maximum Participation Movement, Philadelphia 1966