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URPA 5330 web based readings*

Syllabus

Facione, Peter A., Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Santa Clara University, 1998 update, Critical Thinking: What It Is and Why It Counts

Putnam; Tuning In, Tuning Out: The Strange Disappearance of Social Capital in America

Shirley; Faith-Based Organizations, Community Development, and the Reform of Public Schools

Brown; "Making A Big Stink": Women's Work, Women's Relationships, and Toxic Waste Activism

Morris; Birmingham Confrontation Reconsidered: An Analysis of the Dynamics and Tactics of Mobilization

Cortes; Organizing's Past, Present, and Future

Warren; Creating a Multi-Racial Democratic Community: Case Study of the Texas Industrial Areas Foundation

Talboltt & Doby; Using the Big Box Living Wage Ordinance to Keep Wal-Mart Out of the Cities

Schlozman, Burns & Verba; Gender and the Pathways to Participation: The Role of Resources

*Note: The web readings are in PDF format and require Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Click here to download a free version.