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Dickinson, Torry D. (ed.). Community and the World: Participating in Social Change.(Book review)
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DICKINSON, TORRY D. (ed.). Community and the World: Participating in Social Change. (Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers, 2003, 296 pp.). Hardcover.
The importance of community participation in social change projects is, of course, one of the foundational teachings in community development. This edited volume, whose authors examine the importance of incorporating marginalized voices in planning social change and in carrying out community development education, would h...
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Assimilation and social change dynamics in African and African American Communities.
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; Introduction Africans and African Americans share an ancient and vital history disrupted by the forces of social change manifest in the institution of slavery as exercised in the West and colonialism imposed on the African Continent. The institutions, values and belief systems, cultural and social
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Evaluating Legality: Toward a Cultural Approach to the Study of Law and Social Change
Law & Society Review
; The role of law in social change has been a subject of many academic debates. However, not much attention has been given to the contradictory ways in which activists for social change justify or criticize the use of law. Drawing on in-depth interviews with 25 social justice activists, I analyze the
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N. Carolina's Self-Help Credit Union Seeks to Be a `Resource for Change'; Community Development Innovations Gain Attention on Capitol Hill
The Washington Post
; The Self-Help Credit Union has no sign on its downtown headquarters, no teller windows inside, not even a listing in the Yellow Pages. It doesn't offer car loans or many other standard financial services. And it doesn't plan to. That's because Self-Help, as a "community development bank," seeks the
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Social change and institutions: Implications for recreationists
Therapeutic Recreation Journal
; This study examined the social change process in a variety of institutions. In this qualitative study, staff in three settings, a psychiatric hospital, a facility for people with developmental disabilities, and a chronic care hospital for older people, were interviewed. The within and cross case
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Social activists push TIAA-CREF for proactive investments.(Social Choice for Social Change, Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association)
Employee Benefit News
; The Goliath teachers pension fund TIAA-CREF is strongly resisting calls from a small group of investors seeking to tighten investment criteria for the plan's $4 billion Social Choice Account and invest a portion of the fund in community development projects. Social Choice for Social Change,
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