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The Poverty Board: Some Consequences of "Maximum Feasibile Participation"
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Zurcher, Louis A., Jr. – Journal of Social Issues, 1970
Analysis of questionnaire data supported the hypothesis that representatives of the poor on an Office of Economic Opportunity poverty board were significantly different from representatives of the non-poor in selected demographic and socio-psychological characteristics. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Attitude Change, Community Involvement, Consultants
Voluntary Associations and the Social Integration of the Poor
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Curtis, Russell L., Jr.; Zurcher, Louis A., Jr. – Social Problems, 1971
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Intergroup Relations, Participation, Poverty Programs
Poverty Warriors: The Human Experience of Planned Social Intervention. Hogg Foundation Research Series.
Zurcher, Louis A., Jr. – 1970
This book presents some of the experiences of men and women, poor and not poor, who participated in a community's OEO poverty program. The research upon which this book was based focused upon those subcomponents of the program which best revealed the process experiences of the participants. The study was concerned with three major components of…
Descriptors: Community Change, Community Involvement, Community Organizations, Community Programs