R. Drew Smith

Long March Ahead

African American Churches and Public Policy in Post-Civil Rights America
Herausgeber: Smith, R Drew

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Produktbeschreibung

"R. Drew Smith's "Long March Ahead" is an excellent collection of essays which points to the strengths and weaknesses of black churches in the public policy arena. While they remain key mobilizing institutions in black communities, the churches have not developed a coherent voice on significant public policy issues such as welfare reform in the post-civil rights era. Everyone concerned about the future of black churches in the twenty-first century needs to ponder the implications of these important case studies."--Lawrence H. Mamiya, coauthor of "The Black Church in the African American Experience"

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Dezember 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 245mm x 164mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 529g
• ISBN-13: 9780822333586
• ISBN-10: 0822333589
• Artikelnr.: 21409946

Autorenporträt

R. Drew Smith ed.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface ix
Introduction, R. Drew Smith 1
1. Assessing the Public Policy Practices of African American Churches / R.
Drew Smith 9
2. African American Churches, Affirmative Action, and the Campaign against
the One Florida Plan / Barbara Dianne Savage 28
3. The Role of African American Churches in Crafting the 1996 Welfare
Reform Policy / Megan E. McLaughlin 51
4. Contestant, Advocate, Implementer Social Services and the Policy Roles
of African American Churches / Michael Leo Owens 73
5. Service Provider or Policymaker? Black Churches and the Health of
African Americans / Cathy J. Cohen 103
6. African American Churches and Reproductive Health Rights / Emilie M.
Townes 127
7. African American Clergy and Urban School Reform / Desiree Pedescleaux
144
8. End of a Miracle? Crime, Faith, and Partnership in Boston in the 1990s /
Christopher Winship 171
9. African American Churches and the Evolution of Antiapartheid Activism /
Columba Aham Nnorum 193
Appendix A: An Overview of National Sample for the 1999-2000 Black Churches
and Politics Survey 217
Appendix B: PIAAC Project Overview 219
Contributors 233
Index 235