Remembering Our Past Building Our Future
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Remembering Our Past Building Our Future
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Author : Helen M. Lewis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
Remembering Our Past Building Our Future written by Helen M. Lewis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Ivanhoe (Va.) categories.
It Comes From The People
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Author : Mary Ann Hinsdale
language : en
Publisher: Temple University Press
Release Date : 1995
It Comes From The People written by Mary Ann Hinsdale and has been published by Temple University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Political Science categories.
The closing of local mines and factories collapsed the economic and social structure of Ivanhoe, Virginia, a small, rural town once considered a dying community "on the rough side of the mountain." Documenting the creative survival techniques developed by Ivanhoe citizens in the aftermath, It Comes from the People tells how this community organized to revitalize the town and demand participation in its future. Photos, interviews, stories, songs, poems, and scenes from a local theater production tell how this process of rebuilding gradually uncovered the community's own local theology and a growing consciousness of cultural and religious values. A significant aspect of this social transformation in Ivanhoe, as in many rural areas, was the emergence of women as leaders, educators, and organizers, developing new approaches to revive the economy and the people simultaneously. This book is unusually open about the difficult process faced by outside researchers working with community members to describe community life. It discusses the inherent dilemmas frankly and presents a model for those who engage in community studies and ethnographic research. Author note: Mary Ann Hinsdale is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Boston College. Helen M. Lewis is Interim Director of the Appalachian Center at Berea College in Kentucky. S. Maxine Waller is President of the Ivanhoe Civic League and directs community-based student volunteer programs in Virginia.
Making Democracy Work Better
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Author : Richard A. Couto
language : en
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Release Date : 2003-07-11
Making Democracy Work Better written by Richard A. Couto and has been published by UNC Press Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-07-11 with Political Science categories.
The decade of the 1980s marked a triumph for market capitalism. As politicians of all stripes sought to reinvent government in the image of private enterprise, they looked to the voluntary sector for allies to assuage the human costs of reductions in public policies of social welfare. This book details the "savage side" of market capitalism in Appalachia and explains the social, political, and economic roles that mediating structures play in mitigating it. Profiling the work of twenty-three such mediating structures--community-based organizations that battled to provide social safety nets, fight environmental assaults, and upgrade the education and job skills of Appalachian residents--Richard Couto distills the practical lessons to be found in their successes and shortcomings. Couto argues that a broader set of democratic dimensions be used in taking the measure of civil society and public policy in the twenty-first century. He shows that mediating structures promote the democratic prospect of reduced inequality and increased communal bonds when they provide and advocate for new forms and increased amounts of social capital--the public goods and moral resources that we invest in one another as members of a community.
Helen Matthews Lewis
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Author : Helen M. Lewis
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Release Date : 2012-04-20
Helen Matthews Lewis written by Helen M. Lewis and has been published by University Press of Kentucky this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-20 with Social Science categories.
Often referred to as the leader of inspiration in Appalachian studies, Helen Matthews Lewis linked scholarship with activism and encouraged deeper analysis of the region. Lewis shaped the field of Appalachian studies by emphasizing community participation and challenging traditional perceptions of the region and its people. Helen Matthews Lewis: Living Social Justice in Appalachia, a collection of Lewis's writings and memories that document her life and work, begins in 1943 with her job on the yearbook staff at Georgia State College for Women with Mary Flannery O'Connor. Editors Patricia D. Beaver and Judith Jennings highlight the achievements of Lewis's extensive career, examining her role as a teacher and activist at Clinch Valley College (now University of Virginia at Wise) and East Tennessee State University in the 1960s, as well as her work with Appalshop and the Highland Center. Helen Matthews Lewis connects Lewis's works to wider social movements by examining the history of progressive activism in Appalachia. The book provides unique insight into the development of regional studies and the life of a dynamic revolutionary, delivering a captivating and personal narrative of one woman's mission of activism and social justice.
Hearing On The Reauthorization Of The National Endowment For The Arts
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
Hearing On The Reauthorization Of The National Endowment For The Arts written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Federal aid to the arts categories.
From Whence Cometh My Help
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Author : Ethel Morgan Smith
language : en
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Release Date : 2000
From Whence Cometh My Help written by Ethel Morgan Smith and has been published by University of Missouri Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with History categories.
Diasporas Cultures And Identities
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Author : Martin Bulmer
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-01-02
Diasporas Cultures And Identities written by Martin Bulmer and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-02 with Social Science categories.
Diasporas, Cultures and Identities brings together a range of original research papers from Ethnic and Racial Studies that are concerned with the question of the role of diasporic ties and the social, cultural and political processes that are engendered by the changing experiences of these communities. Chapters cover a range of geopolitical and empirical contexts and serve to highlight the diverse theoretical and empirical questions that have become an integral part of the study of race and ethnicity in the contemporary environment. The study of the role of diasporas in modern societies has proceeded apace over the past two decades. Although the role of diasporic communities has been the subject of historical reflection for some time, it is only now that the concept of diaspora has become a core theme in the social sciences and humanities. We have seen an ongoing discussion about notions such as diaspora, transnationalism and cosmopolitanism and their appropriateness as conceptual frames of reference for analyzing the diverse experiences of communities that have become dispersed across the globe. This collection makes an important contribution to this body of scholarship and research. This book was originally published as a special issue of Ethnic and Racial Studies.
Fighting Back In Appalachia
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Author : Stephen Fisher
language : en
Publisher: Temple University Press
Release Date : 1993-01-21
Fighting Back In Appalachia written by Stephen Fisher and has been published by Temple University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-01-21 with Business & Economics categories.
Author note: Stephen L. Fisher is Hawthorne Professor of Political Science at Emory and Henry College in Emory, Virginia.
Only In New Orleans
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Author : Luis Mirón
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2015-07-22
Only In New Orleans written by Luis Mirón and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-22 with Education categories.
With 2015 marking the 10th commemoration of Hurricane Katrina, education reform in New Orleans continues to garner substantial local, national, and international attention. Advocates and critics alike have continued to cite test scores, new school providers, and different theories of governance in making multiple arguments for and against how contemporary education policy is shaping public education and its role in the rebuilding of the city. Rather than trying to provide a single, unified account of education reform in New Orleans, the chapters in this volume provide multiple ways of approaching some of the most significant questions around school choice and educational equity that have arisen in the years since Katrina. This collection of research articles, essays, and journalistic accounts of education reform in New Orleans collectively argues that the extreme makeover of the city’s public schools toward a new market-based model was shaped by many local, historically specific conditions. In consequence, while the city’s schools have been both heralded as a model for other cities and derided as a lesson in the limits of market-based reform, the experience of education reform that has taken place in the city – and its impacts on the lives of students, families, and educators – could have happened only in New Orleans.
Practicing Anthropology In The South
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Author : James M. Tim Wallace
language : en
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Release Date : 1997-01-01
Practicing Anthropology In The South written by James M. Tim Wallace and has been published by University of Georgia Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-01-01 with Social Science categories.