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Communication in social action

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• Social action

• Communication in social action -- United States

• Voices of Resistance: Communication and Social Change (West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press, c2012), by Mohan J. Dutta (PDF files with commentary at Purdue)

• Community Literacy and the Rhetoric of Local Publics (c2008), by Elenore Long (PDF files with commentary at Colorado State)

Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.

• Engaging Contradictions: Theory, Politics, and Methods of Activist Scholarship (c2008), ed. by Charles R. Hale (PDF with commentary at escholarship.org)
• The Active Society: A Theory of Societal and Political Processes (New York: The Free Press; London: Collier Macmillan, c1968), by Amitai Etzioni (PDF with commentary at gwu.edu)
• Women Count: A Guide to Changing the World (West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press, c2010), by Susan Bulkeley Butler, contrib. by Bob Keefe (PDF with commentary at Purdue)
• The Lifelong Activist: How to Change the World Without Losing Your Way (c2006), by Hillary Rettig (Javascript-dependent HTML with commentary at lifelongactivist.com)
• Lobbying the Autocrat: The Dynamics of Policy Advocacy in Nondemocracies (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, c2023), ed. by Max Grömping and Jessica C. Teets (multiple formats with commentary at fulcrum.org)
• The Eternal Dissident: Rabbi Leonard I. Beerman and the Radical Imperative to Think and Act (Oakland: University of California Press, c2018), by Leonard I. Beerman, ed. by David N. Myers (multiple formats with commentary at luminosoa.org)
• Census data for community action. (U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Social and Economic Statistics Administration, Bureau of the Census, 1972), by United States Bureau of the Census, Gary M. Young, and United States. Social and Economic Statistics Administration (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The community and its involvement in the study planning action process (Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Center for Disease Control, Bureau of Health Education, and Bureau of State Services ;, 1977), by Harold L. Nix (page images at HathiTrust)
• Beliefs, disbeliefs and social actions : a theoretical frame of reference for interpersonal and organizational behavior (Dept. of Rural Sociology, Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station, New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, a Statutory College of the State University, 1972), by William W. Reeder (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A comparison of beliefs and disbeliefs and reference category characteristics as directive factors of social action in five categories (Dept. of Rural Sociology, Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station, 1973), by William W. Reeder (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A unified theory of collective action and social change (University of Michigan Press, 2007), by Luis Fernando Medina Sierra (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Successful social action; a basic need of democracy. (Vantage Press, 1961), by George Gleason (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cours de doctrine & de pratique sociales. (Chronique du Sud-Est, 1908), by 5th Semaine Sociale de France (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Le progrès et la société contemporaine; conférence donnée à l'Union catholique de Montréal le 16 février 1902. (Imp. G. Pineault, jr., 1902), by Joseph Alfred Dorais (page images at HathiTrust)
• A general theory of purposive social action, including an application to the theory of opportunity (Dept. of Sociology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1975), by Kenneth C. Land and Marcus Felson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• On the equivalence of two general principles of social action (Dept. of Sociology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1975), by Kenneth C. Land (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The methodology of evaluating social action programs (Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin, 1969), by Glen George Cain and Robinson G. Hollister (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Community action guide; a handbook for community leaders (Research Education Service, Government Research Institute, Idaho State University, 1971), by Herbert G. Lingern and Idaho State University. Government Research Institute. Research Education Service (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Citizen participation: a bibliography of theory and practice, with special emphasis on comprehensive health planning (Pennsylvania Dept. of Health, 1973), by Virginia C. Parkum (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Gideon's Gang: A Case Study of the Church in Social Action (Philadelphia: United Church Press, 1974), by Jeffrey K. Hadden and Charles F. Longino (HTML at Virginia)

• Handbook for Nonviolent Campaigns (2009), by War Resisters' International (HTML and PDF at wri-irg.org)
• Community action guide; a handbook for community leaders (Research Education Service, Government Research Institute, Idaho State University, 1971), by Herbert G. Lingern and Idaho State University. Government Research Institute. Research Education Service (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• The outreach (Secretary of State, Dept. of Human Services, 1993), by Illinois. Dept. of Human Services (page images at HathiTrust)

• Социологическое обозрение (in English, French and Russian; 2001-) (partial serial archives)
• Socialinis Darbas: Patirtis ir Metodai (in English and Lithuanian; 2008-) (partial serial archives)

• Mysli o sushchnosti obshchestvennoĭ di︠e︡i︠a︡telʹnosti (Tip-īi︠a︡ M.M. Stasi︠u︡levicha, 1895), by N. I. Kareev (page images at HathiTrust)

• Ecology Begins at Home: Using the Power of Choice (2008 and 1989 editions), by Archie Duncanson (PDF files with commentary at alternativ.nu)

• Premier Congrès d'action sociale du diocèse des Trois-Rivières, 1912 compte-rendu. (Impr. le Bien public, 1912), by Québec) Congrès d'action sociale du diocèse des Trois-Rivières 1912 : Trois-Rivières and Conseil diocèsain d'action sociale catholique de Trois-Rivières (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Settlement Houses and the Great Depression (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1975), by Judith Ann Trolander (page images at Cornell)
• Changing Places: How Communities Will Improve the Health of Boys of Color (Berkeley and Los Angeles: BerkeleyLaw, c2010), ed. by Christopher F. Edley and Jorge Ruiz-de-Velasco (PDF with commentary at escholarship.org)
• National drug control strategy : reclaiming our communities from drugs and violence. (Office of National Drug Control Policy, Executive Office of the President, 1994), by United States. President (1993-2001 : Clinton) and United States Office of National Drug Control Policy (page images at HathiTrust)
• Estrategia nacional de control de drogas : recuperar nuestras comunidades de las drogas y de la violencia. (Oficina de Política Nacional de Control de Drogas, Oficina Ejecutiva del Presidente, 1994), by United States. President (1993-2001 : Clinton), Bill Clinton, and United States Office of National Drug Control Policy (page images at HathiTrust)

• Disrupting Business: Art and Activism in Times of Financial Crisis (Brooklyn, NY: Autonomedia, c2013), ed. by Tatiana Bazzichelli and Geoff Cox (PDF with commentary at data-browser.net)
• Mobilizing Pedagogy: Two Social Practice Projects in the Americas (Amherst, MA: Amherst College Press, c2018), ed. by Elyse A. Gonzales and Sara Reisman, contrib. by Pablo Helguera, Suzanne Lacy, and Pilar Riaño Alcalá (PDF with commentary at Amherst (providing personal information is optional))

• Delusion and Mass-Delusion (New York: Nervous and Mental Disease Monographs, 1949), by Joost Meerloo (page images at HathiTrust)
• De la folie considérée sous le point de vue pathologique, philosophique, historique et judiciaire, depuis la renaissance des sciences en Europe jusqu'au dix-neuvième siècle; description des grandes épidémies de délire, simple ou compliqué, qui ont atteint les populations d'autrefois et régné dans les monastères. Exposé des condamnations auxquelles la folie méconnue a souvent donné lieu. (J. B. Baillière; [etc., etc.], 1845), by L. F. Calmeil and William James (page images at HathiTrust)
• La delinquenza settaria : appunti di sociologia (Fratelli Treves, 1897), by Scipio Sighele (page images at HathiTrust)
• Variété : Beiträge zur Psychologie des Pöbles (Deutsch-Österreichischer Verlag, 1919), by Richard Guttmann (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• I delitti della folla studiati secondo la psicologia, il diritto e la giurisprudenza, e coll'aggiunta di tutte le sentenze pronunciate dai tribunali e dalle Corti d'appello in tema di delitto collettivo. (Fratelli Bocca, 1902), by Scipio Sighele (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Instincts of the Herd in Peace and War, by W. Trotter (Gutenberg ebook)

• Diverting Children from a Life of Crime: Measuring Costs and Benefits, by Peter W. Greenwood, Karyn E. Model, C. Peter Rydell, and James Chiesa (PDF files at rand.org)
• Evaluation of OEO Child Development Center (Westat, Research Division, 1972), by Doris N. Krug, Marcia C. Bellassai, Vernon E. Palmour, Inc Westat Research, and United States. Office of Economic Opportunity. Child Development Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Evaluation of the effectiveness of congregate housing for the elderly : executive summary (U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research : for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1976), by Inc Urban Systems Research & Engineering and United States. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development. Office of Policy Development and Research (page images at HathiTrust)
• Evaluation of the effectiveness of congregate housing for the elderly : final report (U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research : for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1976), by Urban Systems Research & Engineering and United States Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of Policy Development and Research (page images at HathiTrust)
• Evaluation issues (The Office, 1978), by Center for Action Research, Inc Arthur D. Little, and United States Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (page images at HathiTrust)
• Evaluation research and its uses by housing designers and managers (Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, The University of Michigan, 1979), by Robert W. Marans (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Putting program evaluation in perspective for state and local government (U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation], Project Share, 1981), by Wayne A. Kimmel, Project Share, and United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (page images at HathiTrust)
• Head Start programs serving infants and toddlers (U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, 2006), by Ellen Eliason Kisker, Research and Evaluation United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, and Inc Mathematica Policy Research (page images at HathiTrust)
• Evaluation management : a sourcebook of readings (Civil Service Commission, Bureau of Training, 1977), by Federal Executive Institute, G. Ronald Gilbert, Patrick J. Conklin, and United States Civil Service Commission. Bureau of Training (page images at HathiTrust)
• Rapid, low-cost data collection methods for A.I.D. (U.S. Agency for International Development, 1987), by Krishna Kumar and United States. Agency for International Development (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Guidelines for data collection, monitoring, and evaluation plans for A.I.D.-assisted projects (U.S. Agency for International Development, 1987), by Maureen Norton, Sharon Pines Benoliel, and United States. Agency for International Development (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• An approach to evaluating the impact of AID projects (U.S. Agency for International Development, 1986), by Louise G White and United States. Agency for International Development (page images at HathiTrust)
• Evaluation handbook. (Office of Program Evaluation, Agency for International Development, 1976), by United States. Agency for International Development (page images at HathiTrust)
• Bias in the estimates of treatment effects in quasi-experimental evaluations (Office of Research and Evaluation, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy, Evaluation and Research, Dept. of Labor ;, 1978), by Burt S. Barnow (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Standardized Planning and Evaluation Component (SPEC) system operations manual : report (Indiana Criminal Justice Planning Agency, 1973), by Bloomington. Institute for Research in Public Safety Indiana University and Indiana Criminal Justice Planning Agency (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Designing evaluations (The Office ;, 1991), by United States. General Accounting Office. Program Evaluation and Methodology Division (page images at HathiTrust)
• Meta-evaluation (The Evaluation Center, Western Michigan University, 1976), by Daniel L. Stufflebeam (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Program evaluation in State government : papers presented at the Program Evaluation Conference held on April 23, 1974 (Public Sector Program Evaluation Center, Sangamon State University, 1975), by Program Evaluation Conference (1974 : Sangamon State University), Geoffrey Yates Cornog, Charles E. Pinkus, and Sangamon State University. Public Sector Program Evaluation Center (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Program evaluation in Illinois State government : a survey report (Public Sector Program Evaluation Center, Sangamon State University, 1975), by Eugene R. Kersey (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Program evaluation (Sangamon State University Library, 1974), by Diana Barlow, Janet Lyons, and Sangamon State University. Library (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The methodology of evaluating social action programs (Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin, 1969), by Glen George Cain and Robinson G. Hollister (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The state-of-the-art in defining social services, developing service units, and determining unit costs with an annotated bibliography (Denver Research Institute, University of Denver, 1977), by Gale G. Whiteneck (page images at HathiTrust)
• Chief Joseph Dam, Columbia River, Washington : community impact report, update 1. (Institute for Water Resources, 1978), by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Seattle District (page images at HathiTrust)
• Project evaluation guidelines (Office of Development Program Review and Evaluation, United States Agency for International Development, 1974), by United States. Agency for International Development (page images at HathiTrust)
• Framework for balancing privacy and accountability needs in evaluations of social research. (The Office, 1979), by United States General Accounting Office (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Manual for evaluating your substance abuse treatment program (Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, 1997), by Barry S. Brown and Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Evaluation of social work services in community health and medical care programs. Based on the proceedings of the 1973 annual Institute for Public Health Social Workers. (U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Health Services Administration, Bureau of Community Health Services, 1973), by Institute for Public Health Social Workers. University of California, Jean Morton, Robert C Jackson, and Berkeley. Program in Public Health Social Work University of california (page images at HathiTrust)
• Evaluation of the Area Planning and Social Services Program (July, 1974-June, 1976) (U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Technical Information Service, 1978), by inc Westat Research (page images at HathiTrust)
• Compendium of H.E.W. evaluation studies (HEW Evaluation Documentation Center, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1977), by HEW Evaluation Documentation Center (page images at HathiTrust)

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