Building Civic Capacity

by Clarence N. Stone, Jeffrey R. Henig, Carol Pierannunzi, et al.

Book Overview

The authors of this volume argue that urban education is in urgent need of reform and that, although there have been plenty of innovative and even promising attempts to improve conditions, most have been doomed. The reason for this, they agree, lies in the failure of our major cities to develop their "civic capacity"--the ability to build and maintain a broad social and political coalition across all sectors of the urban community in pursuit of a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700611185
• ISBN13: 9780700611188
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"