Maximum Feasible Misunderstanding: Community Action in the War on PovertyDiscusses all the problems which beset poor relief efforts in New York in the 1960s. |
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User Review - keylawk - LibraryThingApplication of social theories for social amelioration. Moynihan's contention is that social science has an important role to play--but only for measuring the impact of policy, not prescribing ... Read full review
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| Title | Maximum Feasible Misunderstanding: Community Action in the War on Poverty Arkville Press book Clarke A. Sanford lectures on local government and community life The 1967 Ar ille Press book An [by Daniel P. Moy Clarke A. Sanford lectures on local government and community life The Clarke A. Sanford lectures |
| Author | Daniel Patrick Moynihan |
| Publisher | Free Press, 1969 |
| ISBN | 0029220009, 9780029220009 |
| Length | 218 pages |
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