Acting Civically: From Urban Neighborhoods to Higher Education Book

Preface and Acknowledgments     vii
Contributors     ix
Introduction: Key Issues in Civic Engagement Research Today   Susan A. Ostrander   Kent E. Portney     1
Civic Engagement in Local Contexts and in Political versus Nonpolitical Voluntary Associations
Neighborhoods, Neighborhood Associations, and Social Capital   Kent E. Portney   Jeffrey M. Berry     21
Grassroots Organizing in Boston Chinatown: A Comparison with CDC-style Organizing   Lydia Lowe   Doug Brugge     44
Building Power in Minority Neighborhoods: Boston University Medical Center's Bio-safety Level Four Laboratory   Julian Agyeman   Heather Ross     72
Could Civic Engagement Reproduce Political Inequality?   Sarah Sobieraj   Deborah White     92
Civic Engagement in Societal Institutions: Health Care and Education
Consumer-Sponsored Health Care Plans: Early Twentieth-Century Public Participation in U.S. Health Care   Charlene A. Galarneau     113
Teacher Education as Civic Engagement: Building Bridges and Community through Professional Development Schools   Linda V. Beardsley     130
Race Matters in Civic Engagement Work   Jean Y. Wu     158
Three Major Foundations and the Decline in Funding for Higher Education Civic Engagement, 1995 to 2005   Susan A. Ostrander     183
Index     201