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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Woodsworth, Michael (1978-....)
Titre(s) : Battle for Bed-Stuy [Texte imprimé] : the long war on poverty in New York City / Michael Woodsworth
Publication : Cambridge (Mass.) : Harvard University Press, 2016
Description matérielle : vii, 416 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"Battle for Bed-Stuy is about an unlikely alliance that changed the shape of urban
policy in the United States. The book reinterprets Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty
from the ground up and shows how Johnson's "unconditional" crusade, launched in 1964,
grew out of the rich exchange of ideas that had been unfolding in New York neighborhoods
for years beforehand. The critical neighborhood in this story was Bedford-Stuyvesant,
where the drive to end poverty dovetailed with a vibrant civil-rights movement. The
book emphasizes the policy role of the area's African-American middle-class, especially
women, who acted as brokers between politicians and the poor. In particular, they
worked with Mayor Robert F. Wagner in the 1950s and early '60s to develop new social
work techniques and a new model of neighborhood-based planning. Such partnerships
laid the groundwork for the federal Community Action Program, the centerpiece of the
War on Poverty"--Provided by publisher
Autre(s) forme(s) du titre :
- Autre forme du titre : Long war on poverty in New York City
Sujet(s) : Politique urbaine -- New York (N.Y., États-Unis) -- 1945-....
Pauvreté -- Aspect politique -- New York (N.Y., États-Unis) -- 1945-....
Noirs américains -- Politique et gouvernement -- New York (N.Y., États-Unis) -- 1945-....
New York (N. Y., États-Unis) -- Quartier de Bedford-Stuyvesant -- 1945-....
Indice(s) Dewey : 974 (23e éd.) = Histoire - États-Unis - Nord-Est
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780674545069 (alk. paper). - ISBN 0674545060 (alk. paper)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45795783w
Notice n° :
FRBNF45795783
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Table des matières : Introduction: The senator and the secretary ; A suitcase full of knives ; Mobilizing the forces ; From the clubhouse to the White House ; War and rumors of war ; Maximum feasible bureaucratization ; The power to act ; Whose community, what action? ; From the ground up ; Epilogue: Gloom and boom.