PPD 240g Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Hate Group, Collective Action
8 Sep 2016
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Problem-makers: governance, triangle of government, private sector, and non profit sector. There"s also citizens and some people consider that the administration is separate from government: how would you describe people in government, mostly bad adjectives. Sometimes people know there"s a problem but don"t know how to go about fixing it: public administrators aren"t too fond of citizens. Citizens can have ideas, but might not completely understand the jobs or organizations: what about voting, turnout varies, but is generally declining, people who can"t vote. 4 million former felons who can"t vote. 4 million residents in us territories (e. g puerto rico: extra-formal efforts, insurgent citizenship. Moving homeless into foreclosed homes: collective action. Malpais borderlands group: ranchers and other residents and government and universities and non profits all got together to work with each other and create a space where they could all be, informal efforts. Immigrant communities: own networks and help each other informally.
