Patricia Farrell Donahue

Participation, Community, and Public Policy in a Virginia Suburb

Of Our Own Making

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This bookchallenges the conventional wisdom about participation in American communities through the story of Pimmit Hills, Virginia. It shows how every community is the sum of different types of participation. Its proximity to Washington, D.C. meant its residents had front-row seats to the creation of policies that continue to shape America.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 294
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. September 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 633g
• ISBN-13: 9781498529761
• ISBN-10: 1498529763
• Artikelnr.: 48748579

Autorenporträt

Patricia Farrell Donahue is policy fellow at GMU's Schar School of Policy and Government.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: All Types of Participation Shape a Community Chapter 2: Frontier
Days in Suburbia: Building Houses, then Creating a Community Chapter 3:
Pushing a String: The Quest for Basic Public Services Chapter 4: Making a
Difference: Individuals Influencing Events Chapter 5: Making Your Own Fun:
Marooned Suburbanites Create a Local Social Life Chapter 6: This Just In. .
. .: Creating a Community Information Network 153 Chapter 7: Silent
Majority and Civil Rights: Evolving Views of "Them" and "Us" Chapter 8:
Love Thy Neighbor? Chapter 9: We, the Community: The Many Lives of a Civic
Association Chapter 10: The Changing Landscape Chapter 11: Exploring
Participation for Insight into Community