Democracy and Community

Case Studies

Building Partnerships to Reinvent School Culture: Austin Interfaith

By Annenberg Institute

Annenberg Institute (2009).  Building Partnerships to Reinvent School Culture: Austin Interfaith. Annenberg Institute for School Reform: Brown University.

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Case Studies

Project QUEST: A Case Study of a Sectoral Employment Development Approach

By Aspen Institute

Aspen Institute (2001). Project QUEST: A Case Study of a Sectoral Employment Development approach.

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Books | Articles | Essays

Quality Education as a Constitutional Right: Review

By Theresa Perry, Robert P. Moses, Joan T. Wynne, Ernesto Cortés Jr., and Lisa Delpit

Review published in the Harvard Education Review

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Case Studies

Warren, Mark (1998). Community Building and Political Power: A Community Organizing Approach to Democratic Renewal. American Behavioral Scientist Journal.

By Robert Wilson

Wilson, Robert (1995). Public Policy and Community: Activism and Governance in Texas. Austin, Tx.: University of Texas Press.

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Community Building and Political Power: A Community Organizing Approach to Democratic Renewal

By Mark Warren

Warren, Mark (1998). Community Building and Political Power: A Community Organizing Approach to Democratic Renewal. American Behavioral Scientist Journal.

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Case Studies

Better Together: Restoring the American Community

By Putnam, Robert & Feldstein, Lewis

Putnam, Robert & Feldstein, Lewis (2003). Better Together: Restoring the American Community. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster.

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Core Organizing Texts

Let Them Call Me Rebel: Saul Alinsky – His Life and Work

By Sanford D Horwitt

Horwitt, Sanford D. (1989). Let Them Call Me Rebel: Saul Alinsky - His Life and Work. Knopf.

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HemisFair `68 and the Transformation of San Antonio - Journal of San Antonio

By Sterlin Holmesly

Holmesly, Sterlin. (2003). HemisFair `68 and the Transformation of San Antonio.

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Who Will Tell the People? Chapter 10: Democratic Promise

By William Greider

Greider, William (1992). Who Will Tell the People? New York, NY: Simon & Schuster. Chapter 10: Democratic Promise.

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Beyond Tocqueville: Civil Society and the Social Capital Debate

By Bob Edwards; Michael W. Foley; Mario Diani

Edwards, Bob; Foley, Michael W.; Diani, Mario (2001). Beyond Tocqueville: Civil Society and the Social Capital Debate.

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