Impossible democracy the unlikely success of the war on poverty community action programs - Cazenave, Noel A. (State University of New York Press, 2007)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Preface -- Introduction: elite competition, community action, and democratic theory in the expansion of American democracy -- Professional turf battles in the planning of the mobilization for Youth Project -- Sufficiently vague: the Ford Foundation, social scientists, and their conceptualizations of community action -- Community action and Congressional intent: the President's Committee on Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Crime -- The mobilization for youth proposal and the project's dispute with area school principals -- Challenging "social work colonialism" in Harlem: the Harlem Youth Opportunities Unlimited and Associated Community Teams proposals and early project disputes -- The HARYOU-ACT and mobilization for youth project crises of 1964 -- Black protest and white backlash: the rise and fall of community action in the war on poverty -- Conclusion: the legacy of impossible democracy