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Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology Ser.: How Civic Action Works : Fighting for Housing in Los Angeles by Paul Lichterman (2020, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPrinceton University Press
ISBN-100691177511
ISBN-139780691177519
eBay Product ID (ePID)13050075078
Product Key Features
Number of Pages352 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameHow Civic Action Works : Fighting for Housing in Los Angeles
Publication Year2020
SubjectHousing & Urban Development, Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Civics & Citizenship, Sociology / Urban
TypeTextbook
AuthorPaul Lichterman
Subject AreaLaw, Political Science, Social Science
SeriesPrinceton Studies in Cultural Sociology Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight19 Oz
Item Length9.1 in
Item Width7.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2020-944358
Dewey Edition23
Reviews"An eloquent work of major significance and deep import, written by a scholar working at the height of their craft." ---Benjamin Abrams, American Journal of Sociology
Series Volume Number8
Dewey Decimal307.3/360979493
SynopsisThe ways that social advocates organize to fight unaffordable housing and homelessness in Los Angeles, illuminated by a new conceptual framework for studying collective actionHow Civic Action Works renews the tradition of inquiry into collective, social problem solving. Paul Lichterman follows grassroots activists, nonprofit organization staff,, The ways that social advocates organize to fight unaffordable housing and homelessness in Los Angeles, illuminated by a new conceptual framework for studying collective actionHow Civic Action Works renews the tradition of inquiry into collective, social problem solving. Paul Lichterman follows grassroots activists, nonprofit organization staff, and community service volunteers in three coalitions and twelve organizations in Los Angeles as they campaign for affordable housing, develop new housing, or address homelessness. Lichterman shows that to understand how social advocates build their campaigns, craft claims, and choose goals, we need to move beyond well-established thinking about what is strategic.Lichterman presents a pragmatist-inspired sociological framework that illuminates core tasks of social problem solving, both contentious and noncontentious, by grassroots and professional advocates alike. He reveals that advocates' distinct styles of collective action produce different understandings of what is strategic, and generate different dilemmas for advocates because each style accommodates varying social and institutional pressures. We see, too, how patterns of interaction create a cultural filter that welcomes some claims about housing problems while subordinating or delegitimating others. These cultural patterns help solve conceptual and practical puzzles, such as why coalitions fragment when members agree on many things, and what makes advocacy campaigns separate housing from homelessness or affordability from environmental sustainability. Lichterman concludes by turning this action-centered framework toward improving dialogue between social advocates and researchers.Using extensive ethnography enriched by archival evidence, How Civic Action Works explains how advocates meet the relational and rhetorical challenges of collective action., The ways that social advocates organize to fight unaffordable housing and homelessness in Los Angeles, illuminated by a new conceptual framework for studying collective action How Civic Action Works renews the tradition of inquiry into collective, social problem solving. Paul Lichterman follows grassroots activists, nonprofit organization staff, and community service volunteers in three coalitions and twelve organizations in Los Angeles as they campaign for affordable housing, develop new housing, or address homelessness. Lichterman shows that to understand how social advocates build their campaigns, craft claims, and choose goals, we need to move beyond well-established thinking about what is strategic. Lichterman presents a pragmatist-inspired sociological framework that illuminates core tasks of social problem solving, both contentious and noncontentious, by grassroots and professional advocates alike. He reveals that advocates' distinct styles of collective action produce different understandings of what is strategic, and generate different dilemmas for advocates because each style accommodates varying social and institutional pressures. We see, too, how patterns of interaction create a cultural filter that welcomes some claims about housing problems while subordinating or delegitimating others. These cultural patterns help solve conceptual and practical puzzles, such as why coalitions fragment when members agree on many things, and what makes advocacy campaigns separate housing from homelessness or affordability from environmental sustainability. Lichterman concludes by turning this action-centered framework toward improving dialogue between social advocates and researchers. Using extensive ethnography enriched by archival evidence, How Civic Action Works explains how advocates meet the relational and rhetorical challenges of collective action.
LC Classification NumberHD7304.L67L53 2021
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