Engaging the community in decision making
Subtitle: case studies tracking participation, voice and influence
By: Roz Diane Lasker and John A. Guidry.
Contributors: Guidry, John A.
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Jefferson, NC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9780786443123
Subjects: Group decision making -- United States -- Case studies; Political participation -- United States -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies.
Description: "This book summarizes how five community partnerships, working with a team of researchers, attempted to answer these critical questions by looking at influence directly. The book should be helpful to readers involved in any form of active community participation, from participatory research to civic engagement, deliberative democracy, and community initiatives"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : are we actually doing what we want to be doing?; title: Community voices against violence in Cass Lake, Minnesota; title: Housing for single mothers in Humboldt Park, Chicago; title: A "poor man's bank" in the Southeast Oklahoma Enterprise Community; title: A workforce alliance minigrant program in the Mississippi Delta; title: The community leadership team of Story County, Iowa; title: Developing a professionalization curriculum in the Mississippi Delta; title: Revitalizing Cass Lake, Minnesota; title: Community centers in southeastern Oklahoma; title: The incorporation of beyond welfare in Ames, Iowa; title: Saving a mural in Humboldt Park, Chicago; title: The pathway of ideas; title: Realizing the promise of community participation.