Connecting the dots: government, community, and family

"Connecting the Dots addresses the complex relationships between family and community, and between community and other players affecting family and community life, including the private sector, government, nonprofit groups, and religious organizations." "Besides identifying top-down s...

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1. Verfasser: Wireman, Peggy (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New Brunswick [u.a.] Transaction Publ. 2008
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Zusammenfassung:"Connecting the Dots addresses the complex relationships between family and community, and between community and other players affecting family and community life, including the private sector, government, nonprofit groups, and religious organizations." "Besides identifying top-down structures, laws, and attitudes that create a supportive context for family life, the book includes bottom-up anecdotal examples to ground its policy-oriented discussion, It also provides statistical data needed to develop realistic solutions. Wireman examines diversity as well, since how America handles racial and ethnic differences remains crucial to its future. She discusses ways in which communities have created social capital, community cohesion, and local organizational ability." "Wireman provides a framework for policymakers, local community leaders, and neighborhood activists to use in analyzing their situations and selecting the best approach; she also describes what various players can and must do to uphold the American dream. Connecting the Dots will be of keen interest to sociologists, political scientists, economists, and social workers."--BOOK JACKET.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-249) and index
America : one nation indivisible -- What family lives in America's neighborhoods? -- Crucial partners -- Communities and neighborhoods : myths and realities -- Neighborhood relationships -- How can we all get along? race, class, age, and ethnicity -- What can neighborhoods and local communities do? -- Building community and social capital -- Earning an income -- Housing, community boundaries, and neighborhood design -- Health -- Food -- Household maintenance -- But that's where the children have to live -- What can be done?
Beschreibung:XVI, 252 S. 24 cm
ISBN:9781412807302
1412807301

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