Civic Innovation in America

Civic Innovation in America
Author :
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 396
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0520926005
ISBN-13 : 9780520926004
Rating : 4/5 (05 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Civic Innovation in America by : Carmen Sirianni

Download or read book Civic Innovation in America written by Carmen Sirianni and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2001-07-01 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, two leading experts on community action provide the first scholarly examination of the civic renewal movement that has emerged in the United States in recent decades. Sirianni Friedland examine civic innovation since the 1960s as social learning in four arenas (community organizing/development, civic environmentalism, community health, and public journalism), and they link local efforts to broader networks and to the development of "public policy for democracy." They also explore the emergence of a movement for civic renewal that builds upon the civic movements in these four arenas. In contrast to some recent studies that stress broad indicators of civic decline, this study analyzes innovation as a long process of social learning within specific institutional and policy domains with complex challenges and cross-currents. It draws upon analytical frameworks of social capital, policy learning, organizational learning, regulatory culture, democratic theory, and social movement theory. The study is based upon interviews with more than 400 innovative practitioners, as well as extensive field observation, case study, action research, and historical analysis.


Civic Innovation in America Related Books

Civic Innovation in America
Language: en
Pages: 396
Authors: Carmen Sirianni
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001-07-01 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In this book, two leading experts on community action provide the first scholarly examination of the civic renewal movement that has emerged in the United State
Democracy Reinvented
Language: en
Pages: 182
Authors: Hollie Russon Gilman
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-01-05 - Publisher: Brookings Institution Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Participatory Budgeting—the experiment in democracy that could redefine how public budgets are decided in the United States. Democracy Reinvented is the first
Civic Power
Language: en
Pages: 291
Authors: K.Sabeel Rahman
Categories: Law
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-08-29 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

What will it take to restore American democracy and rescue it from this moment of crisis? Civic Power argues that the current threat to US democracy is rooted n
Investing in Democracy
Language: en
Pages: 322
Authors: Carmen Sirianni
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-10-01 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The health of American democracy ultimately depends on our willingness and ability to work together as citizens and stakeholders in our republic. Government pol
Varieties of Civic Innovation
Language: en
Pages: 387
Authors: Jennifer Girouard
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-12-22 - Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In this collection of original essays, empirical analysts and theorists across disciplines turn a critical eye to a variety of recent institutional forms and st