Community Action and Anti-Poverty Strategies: Some Transatlantic Comparisons.

Loney, Martin

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Community Action and Anti-Poverty Strategies: Some Transatlantic Comparisons.

Loney, Martin

Community Development Journal, v15 n2 p91-103 Apr 1980

This comparison of antipoverty strategies in Britain (Urban Programme) and the United States (War on Poverty) highlights their similar conceptions of the nature of the problem, differences in approach and implementation, and the contrasting political cultures of American community activism and British socialism. (SK)

Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Action, Community Control, Comparative Analysis, Federal Programs, Local Government, Political Influences, Political Power, Poverty, Poverty Programs, Social Change, Socialism

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom; United States

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