Africana cultures and policy studies : scholarship and the transformation of public policy /

This book introduces Africana Cultures and Policy Studies as an interdisciplinary field, rooted in the historical experience of people of African descent. Intentionally, these essays seek to canonize Africana historical studies for the purposes of policy development, analysis, and practical applicat...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Other Authors: Williams, Zachery, 1974-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Contemporary Black history.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
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Summary:This book introduces Africana Cultures and Policy Studies as an interdisciplinary field, rooted in the historical experience of people of African descent. Intentionally, these essays seek to canonize Africana historical studies for the purposes of policy development, analysis, and practical application. Africana Cultures and Policy Studies calls for a relocation and synthesis of policy-derived research emanating from public and private culture spheres. In the process, its goal is to use history and culture to engage the policy process from a top-down and bottom-up approach, thereby dissolving the previously impenetrable divides between theory and practice, academics and policymakers, and community constituencies and related social/civic institutions.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 281 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780230622098
0230622097
0230602800
9780230602809
9781349371150
1349371157
1282532545
9781282532540
9786612532542
6612532548
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.