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The Size of Others' Burdens : Barack Obama, Jane Addams, and the Politics of Helping Others.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Redwood City : Stanford University Press, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (262 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780804794954
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Size of Others' BurdensDDC classification:
  • 361.973
LOC classification:
  • HV99
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Table of Contents -- Chapter 1: An American's Dilemma -- Chapter 2: The Right to Be Heard -- Chapter 3: The Chicago Scheme -- Chapter 4: A Clash of Ethical Standards -- Chapter 5: Wake Up! It's Morning in America -- Chapter 6: A Big City with Big Problems -- Chapter 7: Balancing a Hard Head with a Big Heart -- Chapter 8: Mixing on the Thronged and Common Road -- Appendix: On Methods and Theory -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: This book asks how people can act in the face of competing pressures--the American ideal of self-reliance and a communal value of helping those in need--and explores the stories of two famous community organizers, Jane Addams and Barack Obama, to develop present-day lessons for improving our communities.
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Intro -- Table of Contents -- Chapter 1: An American's Dilemma -- Chapter 2: The Right to Be Heard -- Chapter 3: The Chicago Scheme -- Chapter 4: A Clash of Ethical Standards -- Chapter 5: Wake Up! It's Morning in America -- Chapter 6: A Big City with Big Problems -- Chapter 7: Balancing a Hard Head with a Big Heart -- Chapter 8: Mixing on the Thronged and Common Road -- Appendix: On Methods and Theory -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

This book asks how people can act in the face of competing pressures--the American ideal of self-reliance and a communal value of helping those in need--and explores the stories of two famous community organizers, Jane Addams and Barack Obama, to develop present-day lessons for improving our communities.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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