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OverviewThis volume explores the connections among motherhood, work, politics, and community in low-income urban environments. The author interviewed more than sixty women - African, American, Latina American, and white - who have fought for social justice and economic survival in low-income neighbourhoods in New York City and Philadelphia. Many of the women profiled have been/are single mothers, receiving welfare, and living in supposedly blighted urban areas. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Nancy A. NaplesPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.550kg ISBN: 9780415910255ISBN 10: 0415910250 Pages: 296 Publication Date: 04 August 1998 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Tertiary & Higher Education , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsPART I: INTRODUCTION 1. Women Warriors in the War on Poverty PART II: THE U.S. WAR ON POVERTY 2. Contradictions of New Careers 3. Community Action in Differing Political Contexts PART III: MOTIVATIONS AND INSPIRATIONS 4. Pathways to Community Work 5. Activist Mothering, Community Caretaking, and Civic Work PART IV: THE GENDERED POLITICS OF COMMUNITY WORK 6. Dynamics of Race, Class, and Feminist Praxis 7. Intergenerational Continuity of Community Work PART V: CONCLUSION: LESSONS FOR A RENEWED WAR ON POVERTY 8. Shifting Standpoints on Politics and the State APPENDICES A. Methodological Considerations B. A Demographic Profile of the Community Workers Interviewed C. Don't Bother Voting in Poverty Elections D. Amending the War on Poverty E. Permissable and Prohibited Activities PAAC 1966 F. Map of Philadelphia's Twelve Poverty Areas G. Maximum Participation Movement, Philadelphia 1966ReviewsThe book's major contribution is in providing the empirical material to suggest an alternative model of citizenship. Rather than identifying the model citizen as the voter, the community volunteer, or the aspiring politician, citizenship here is depicted as crossing the boundaries between paid and unpaid work, engaging with the caretaking work of the local community, and challenging the strictures of a deeply hierarchical society in all domains of life.. - Mobilization, Fall 2001 One hopes this book will serve as a lesson for a renewed war on poverty. Upper-division undergraduates and above. - Choice, Feb 1999 Grassroots Warriors, provides a welcome counterpoint to the harsh judgments of those who disparage poor women for lacking work and family ethics and illustrates instead how the community action programs provided women opportunities to develop skills that enhanced their abilities to contribute to their communities. Nancy Naples provides a theoretically insightful analysis of the progressive possibilities of anti-poverty policy. -Jill Quadagno, Florida State University The book's major contribution is in providing the empirical material to suggest an alternative model of citizenship. Rather than identifying the model citizen as the voter, the community volunteer, or the aspiring politician, citizenship here is depicted as crossing the boundaries between paid and unpaid work, engaging with the caretaking work of the local community, and challenging the strictures of a deeply hierarchical society in all domains of life.. <br>- Mobilization, Fall 2001 <br> One hopes this book will serve as a lesson for a renewed war on poverty. Upper-division undergraduates and above. <br>- Choice, Feb 1999 <br> Grassroots Warriors, provides a welcome counterpoint to the harsh judgments of those who disparage poor women for lacking work and family ethics and illustrates instead how the community action programs provided women opportunities to develop skills that enhanced their abilities to contribute to their communities. Nancy Naples provides a theoretically insightful analysis of the progressive possibilities of anti-poverty policy. <br>-Jill Quadagno, Florida State University <br> Author InformationNancy A. Naples Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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