Community Action and Poverty: A Study of the Formation of Neighborhood Action Councils in a Community Action Program in Long Beach, Long Island

Hugh Anthony Wilson, Fordham University

Abstract

In 1964 the United States Congress admitted the existence of mass poverty in an abundant society and passed the Economic Opportunity Act. This Act called for Community Action Programs which would lead to a break in the "Cycle of Poverty."

Subject Area

Social work|Social research|Public administration|Organizational behavior

Recommended Citation

Wilson, Hugh Anthony, "Community Action and Poverty: A Study of the Formation of Neighborhood Action Councils in a Community Action Program in Long Beach, Long Island" (1967). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI30359757.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI30359757

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