Can nonprofits lead a movement for economic justice?
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- The purpose of this dissertation is to use sociological theory to investigate how we might get a movement for economic justice in the United States. I argue that the participation of low-income and poor people is crucial to securing good solutions to poverty. I then suggest that participation could begin in the very civic institutions that make it their mission to alleviate poverty: nonprofit charities. After describing how I collected and analyzed my data and providing context in Chapter 2, the bulk of the dissertation addresses three questions related to that participation. First, how do low-income people define poverty and what does this imply about the types of solutions they might want to participate in? Second, what kinds of benefits do they reap from participation? And, third, what kinds of challenges do organizations face when they try to incorporate more participatory programs -- particularly community organizing -- and how can these challenges be overcome?.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Form | electronic; electronic resource; remote |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Publication date | 2015 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Wright, Rachel Ann |
|---|---|
| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Sociology. |
| Primary advisor | McAdam, Doug |
| Thesis advisor | McAdam, Doug |
| Thesis advisor | Grusky, David B |
| Thesis advisor | Powell, Walter W |
| Advisor | Grusky, David B |
| Advisor | Powell, Walter W |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Rachel Ann Wright. |
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| Note | Submitted to the Department of Sociology. |
| Thesis | Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2015. |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2015 by Rachel Ann Wright
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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