Participation, Community, and Public Policy in a Virginia Suburb

Of Our Own Making

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

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Participation, Community, and Public Policy in a Virginia Suburb: Of Our Own Making challenges the conventional wisdom that we can diagnose the vitality of modern American communities using just the few participation trends routinely tracked in social research, such as voting or volunteering. Through the story of Pimmit Hills, Virginia, author Patricia Donahue shows that a community is really the sum of numerous types of participation, and that analyzing a greater variety of activities can help us better understand any community. Pimmit Hills was one of the first federally-financed subdivisions built for World War II veterans, and the residents’ stories will be familiar to the millions who grew up in middle-class suburbs. At the same time, its proximity to Washington, D.C., gave these residents front-row seats to—and sometimes supporting roles in—the launch of national policies that continue to shape America today.

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Utgivningsdatum2017-09-25
Mått156 x 239 x 28 mm
Vikt617 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor294
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781498529761
UtmärkelserWinner of Ross Netherton Prize for History 2018

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Chapter 1: All Types of Participation Shape a CommunityChapter 2: Frontier Days in Suburbia: Building Houses, then Creating a CommunityChapter 3: Pushing a String: The Quest for Basic Public ServicesChapter 4: Making a Difference: Individuals Influencing EventsChapter 5: Making Your Own Fun: Marooned Suburbanites Create a Local Social LifeChapter 6: This Just In. . . .: Creating a Community Information Network153Chapter 7: Silent Majority and Civil Rights: Evolving Views of “Them” and “Us”Chapter 8: Love Thy Neighbor?Chapter 9: We, the Community: The Many Lives of a Civic AssociationChapter 10: The Changing LandscapeChapter 11: Exploring Participation for Insight into Community

Participation, Community, and Public Policy in a Virginia Suburb takes the reader on a captivating journey through more than sixty years of local engagement within a suburban community on the outskirts of Washington, D.C. In deceptively clear and engaging prose, Donahue applies an original, theoretical lens to illuminate the relationship between community participation and policy. Her powerful approach is destined to be taken up by researchers across the globe.