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"Candles of the nation": community-based nonprofit human service institutions in the process of public governance

Abstract

dc:description.abstract

In the new State, Mary Parker Follett argues that the â neighborhood groupâ is the center of citizenship and democratic governance. In doing so, she takes us into territory that remains largely unexplored: social processes and how they can create an ideal democracy.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Ph. D.
Level thesis:degree_level
doctoral
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Public Administration and Public Affairs
Department dc:contributor.department
Public Administration and Public Affairs
Grantor dc:publisher
Virginia Tech
Year dc:date.issued
1996

Author and committee

dc:creator, dc:contributor.*
Author dc:creator
  • Dede, Martha J.
Chair dc:contributor.committeechair
  • White, Orion F. Jr.
Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember
  • Asche, Jane A.
  • Snizek, William E.
  • Wamsley, Gary L.
  • Wolf, James F.

Subjects

dc:subject × 5

Rights

dc:rights
Statement dc:rights
  • In Copyright
Language dc:language.iso
en

Identifiers

dc:identifier.*
Dc Identifier Other
etd-05222007-091427
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/37905

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citation

Dede, Martha J.. "Candles of the nation": community-based nonprofit human service institutions in the process of public governance. doctoral thesis, Virginia Tech, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/37905