TY  - BOOK
AU  - Feldman,Roberta M.
AU  - Stall,Susan
TI  - The dignity of resistance: women residents' activism in Chicago public housing 
T2  - Cambridge series in environment and behavior
SN  - 9781107321267 (electronic bk.)
AV  - HQ1421 .F45 2004eb
U1  - 363.5/85/0977311 22
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Cambridge, United Kingdom, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Women in community organization
KW  - Illinois
KW  - Chicago
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Community leadership
KW  - Public housing
KW  - African American women
KW  - Femmes dans l'organisation communautaire
KW  - Cas, Études de
KW  - Leadership communautaire
KW  - Logement social
KW  - Noires américaines
KW  - Weibliche Schwarze
KW  - swd
KW  - Wohnungspolitik
KW  - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Infrastructure
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
KW  - Chicago (Ill.)
KW  - Fallstudiensammlung
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-376) and index; Struggles for homeplace -- U.S. Public Housing Policies : Wentworth Gardens' historic backdrop -- Memory of a better past, reality of the present : the impetus for resident activism -- The community household : the foundation of everyday resistance -- The Local Advisory Council (LAC) : a site of women-centered organizing -- Women-centered leadership : a case study -- The appropriation of homeplace : organizing for the spatial resources to sustain everyday life -- The WhiteSox "Battle" : protest and betrayal -- Linking legal action and economic development : tensions and strains -- Becoming resident managers : a bureaucratic quagmire -- Resistance in context
N2  - This comprehensive case study chronicles the four decade history of Chicago's Wentworth Gardens public housing residents' grassroots activism. It explores why and how the African-American women residents creatively and effectively engaged in organizing efforts to resist increasing government disinvestment in public housing and the threat of demolition
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