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In A People's War on Poverty , Wesley G. Phelps investigates the on-the-ground implementation of President Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty during the 1960's and 1970's. He argues that the fluid interaction between federal policies, urban politics, and grassroots activists created a significant site of conflict over the meaning of American democracy and the rights of citizenship that historians have largely overlooked. In Houston in particular, the War on Poverty spawned fierce political battles that revealed fundamental disagreements over what democracy meant, how far it should extend, and who...

Social action --- Poverty --- Poor --- Community development --- Regional development --- Economic assistance, Domestic --- Social planning --- Social policy --- Social problems --- Destitution --- Wealth --- Basic needs --- Begging --- Subsistence economy --- Disadvantaged, Economically --- Economically disadvantaged --- Impoverished people --- Low-income people --- Pauperism --- Poor, The --- Poor people --- Persons --- Social classes --- History --- Government policy --- Political activity --- Services for --- Citizen participation --- Economic conditions --- Community Action Program (U.S.) --- United States. --- Community Action Programs (U.S.) --- CAP (Community Action Program (U.S.)) --- O.E.O.--C.A.P. --- OEO--CAP --- History.

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Studies of the influence of class and religion on politics often point to their gradual decline as a result of social change. Backed up by extensive evidence and a 15-country pooled analysis, the editors argue instead that the supply of choices by parties influences the extent of class divisions.

Political participation. --- Political sociology. --- Mass political behavior --- Political behavior --- Political science --- Sociology --- Citizen participation --- Community action --- Community involvement --- Community participation --- Involvement, Community --- Participation, Citizen --- Participation, Community --- Participation, Political --- Political activity --- Political rights --- Social participation --- Political activists --- Politics, Practical --- Sociological aspects

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This text draws on research in 47 Commonwealth countries to describe what makes a good society and how to achieve it. It shows how citizens can be put at the heart of the political process.

Civil society. --- Political participation. --- Citizen participation --- Community action --- Community involvement --- Community participation --- Involvement, Community --- Mass political behavior --- Participation, Citizen --- Participation, Community --- Participation, Political --- Political activity --- Political behavior --- Political rights --- Social participation --- Political activists --- Politics, Practical --- Social contract

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Can capitalism and citizenship co-exist? In recent years advocates of the Third Way have championed the idea of public-spirited capitalism as the antidote to the many problems confronting the modern world. This book develops a multi-disciplinary theory of citizenship, exploring the human abilities needed for its practice. It then argues that capitalism impedes the nurturing of these abilities. In advancing these arguments, Kathryn Dean draws on the work of a wide range of thinkers including Freud, Marx, Lacan, Habermas and Castells.

Political participation. --- Capitalism. --- Market economy --- Economics --- Profit --- Capital --- Citizen participation --- Community action --- Community involvement --- Community participation --- Involvement, Community --- Mass political behavior --- Participation, Citizen --- Participation, Community --- Participation, Political --- Political activity --- Political behavior --- Political rights --- Social participation --- Political activists --- Politics, Practical

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The Swamps presents a debauched tapestry of an utterly dehumanised Cameroonian society seeking regeneration through a judicious deployment of myth, history, parables, song, mimicry and dance. The inclusion of these features of orature in this political allegory creates particular moods and atmospheres and lends colour and movement to dramatic action. The structure and function of the play defines the individual's identity within the cosmic context which approximates the past and present. Inyang's analysis of class political behaviour in Cameroon exposes the complete erosion of civil liberties by corrupt and venal elite. He impresses the theatre audience with his dramatic eloquence and the fervour of his commitment, and emblazones his name in the front ranks of alternative theatre. This is a rare theatrical gem that demonstrates a brilliant, sustained invention, with great depth and suggestive power.

Political culture --- Political participation --- Citizen participation --- Community action --- Community involvement --- Community participation --- Involvement, Community --- Mass political behavior --- Participation, Citizen --- Participation, Community --- Participation, Political --- Political activity --- Political behavior --- Political rights --- Social participation --- Political activists --- Politics, Practical --- Culture --- Political science