Peer reviewed
Direct linkERIC Number: EJ872023
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009
Pages: 23
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1245
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Social Capital and Educational Organizing in Low Income, Minority, and New Immigrant Communities: Can the University Strengthen Community Organizations?
Krasner, Michael Alan; Pierre-Louis, Francois
Education and Urban Society, v41 n6 p672-694 2009
A college-based program that combines training, direct support, and technical assistance was found to produce significant gains in bonding and bridging social capital and key political attributes among low-income, minority, and immigrant groups organizing to enhance their power to influence public school politics and policies in New York City. (Contains 1 note.)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Social Capital, Community Organizations, Activism, Urban Areas, Citizen Participation, School Community Relationship, Politics of Education, Low Income, Minority Groups, Immigrants, Technical Assistance, Educational Improvement, Power Structure, Social Change
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New York
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