Handbook of Community Movements and Local Organizations
How citizens and residents come together informally to act and solve problems has rarely been addressed. Little direct research or theory dealing with this subject exists, and correcting that deficit is the task of this book. The book builds a theory of l
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Community Movements and Local Organizations
Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research SeriesEditor: Howard B. Kaplan, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas HANDBOOK OF COMMUNITY MOVEMENTS AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS Edited by Ram A. Cnaan and Carl Milofsky HANDBOOK OF DISASTER RESEARCH Edited by Havidan Rodriguez, Enrico L. Quarantelli, and Russell Dynes HANDBOOK OF DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION Theory, Science and Prevention Edited by Zili Sloboda and William J. Bukoski HANDBOOK OF THE LIFE COURSE Edited by Jeylan T. Mortimer and Michael J. Shanahan HANDBOOK OF POPULATION Edited by Dudley L. Poston and Michael Micklin HANDBOOK OF RELIGION AND SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS Edited by Helen Rose Ebaugh HANDBOOK OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY Edited by John Delamater HANDBOOK OF SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY Edited by Jonathan H. Turner HANDBOOK OF THE SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION Edited by Maureen T. Hallinan HANDBOOK OF THE SOCIOLOGY OF EMOTIONS Edited by Jan E. Stets and Jonathan H. Turner HANDBOOK OF THE SOCIOLOGY OF GENDER Edited by Janet Saltzman Chafetz HANDBOOK OF THE SOCIOLOGY OF MENTAL HEALTH Edited by Carol S. Aneshensel and Jo C. Phelan HANDBOOK OF THE SOCIOLOGY OF THE MILITARY Edited by Giuseppe Caforio
Handbook of
Community Movements and Local Organizations
Edited by
Ram A. Cnaan University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
Carl Milofsky Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA
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Ram A. Cnaan University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy & Practice 3701 Locust Walk Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA [email protected]
ISBN: 978-0-387-75729-2 DOl: 10.1007/978-0-387-32933-8
Carl Milofsky Bucknell University Department of Sociology and Anthropology Lewisburg, PA 17837 USA [email protected]
e-ISBN: 978-0-387-32933-8
Library of Congress Control Number: 2007939819
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Contributors Rikki Abzug, Non-Profit Management Program, Milano, New York, NY Rebecca G. Adams, Department of Sociology, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
Eugene L. Birch, Department of City and Regional Planning, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Edward J. Blakely, Urban and Regional Planning, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia Thomasina Borkman, Department of Sociology, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA B
