Poverty in common : the politics of community action during the American century / Alyosha Goldstein.

Author/creator Goldstein, Alyosha
Format Book
Publication InfoDurham : Duke University Press, ©2012.
Descriptionxii, 379 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects
Community Action Program (U.S.)--History.
Economic assistance, Domestic--United States. --History. --20th century.
Community development--United States. --History. --20th century.
Social service--United States. --History. --20th century.
Public welfare--United States. --History. --20th century.
Poverty--Government policy. --United States. --History. --20th century.
United States--Economic conditions. --1945-.

Contents Introduction: Now, were our own government? -- Freedom between: inequality and the democracy of felt needs -- On the internal border: colonial difference and the locations of underdevelopment -- The civics and civilities of poverty: participation, policing, and the poor peoples campaign -- The surplus of inclusion: poverty, pluralism, and the politics of community -- Thresholds of opposition: liberty, liberation, and the horizon of incrimination -- Conclusion: peculiar freedom: community and poverty, from new Federalism to Neoliberalism.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [323]-356) and index.
LCCN 2011041901
ISBN9780822351672 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0822351676 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780822351818 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0822351811 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks HC110 .P63 G6593 2012 ✔ Available Place Hold