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Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Critical Theory, The Welfare State, and Neo-liberalism -- Chapter 3: Deindustrialization, the Welfare State and Urban Decay -- Chapter 4: From a City of Quality to a City of Poverty -- Chapter 5: Reading Poverty -- Chapter 6: Following the wrong map: From Social Enterprise to Collective Impact -- Chapter 7: Collective Impact in Action -- Chapter 8: Rethinking the Map.

This excellent study makes an important contribution to our understanding of neoliberalism. It draws together and powerfully analyzes an array of market-oriented approaches, backed by governments and private actors, that have come to shape public discourse around poverty reduction. I know of no other work that so successfully offers such a distinctive account of the impact of neoliberalism, while at the same time providing a model of critical theoretical reflection." Phillip Hansen, Professor Emeritus, University of Regina, Canada. This book examines the foundation and progress of the Rochester Monroe Anti-Poverty Initiative (RMAPI). Poverty has once again become a major issue in American cities, and nowhere more so than Rochester, which has one of the highest rates of poverty in the nation. RMAPI was established to reduce poverty, yet in the five years since its formation the poverty rate is essentially unchanged. Analyzing the reasons behind its failure, this book argues that the very nature of the organizational framework is part of the problem, and that RMAPIs project is caught up with contradictory imperatives of neo-liberal welfare reforms. More than just a study of local interest, the book uses Rochester as a case study to illuminate the limits of the neo-liberal approach to poverty. It will appeal to all those interested in political science, urban politics, community studies, welfare policy and public administration. Brian Caterino is an independent researcher who worked in public media. His research interests include political theory, philosophy of social inquiry, and politics and ethics.

1. Public Access in Decline -- 2. The Frankfurt School and its Aftermath -- 3. Public Interest Standards from Radio to Public Television -- 4. The Emergence of Public Access Television -- 5. Neo-liberalism the Public Sphere and the Decline of Public Obligation -- 6. Access Under Attack: Some Examples -- 7. Looking Through the Wrong End of the Telescope: Internet Democracy vs Public Access -- 8. A Future for Public Access?.

Intro -- Dedication -- Foreword -- Contents -- chapter 1: Introduction: The Practical Import of Political Inquiry -- Some Proposed Alternatives -- Notes -- Chapter 2: The Practical Import of Political Inquiry: Perestroika's Last Stand -- Political Science Under Attack Post-Perestroika -- The Perestroikan Movement and Its Antecedents -- Perestroika's Legacy -- Taking the Participant's Perspective Seriously -- Toward a Theory of the Participant's Perspective -- Participants and The Lifeworld -- The Status of Social Inquiry -- Notes -- chapter 3: On the Concept of Non-normative Critique -- The Formation of Non-normative Critique -- Precursors: Marxism and Non-normative Critique -- Critique as Problematization -- Risky Business -- An Objective Conception of Norms? -- Everyday Life -- The Normative Content of Practical Reason -- Foucault Problematization and Normative Critique -- Notes -- chapter 4: Conclusion: Toward a Practical Political Theory -- Post-positivism and Social Inquiry -- Causal Explanatory or Singular Causal Analysis -- Realism Reconsidered -- Experts and Laymen -- Critical Theory and the Participant's Perspective -- Phronesis Revisited: Aristotle or Hegel (via Kant) -- Mutual Accountability, Communicative Power, and Ideology -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

In 10 years, Perestroika has gone from a "raucous" forum discussing a wide range of issues to a largely moribund list that posts occasional jobs and attacks those who dare to bring up controversial topics. A good example of the decline of the list was illustrated by one participant's recent attempt to raise the issue of Glenn Beck's slander of Frances Fox Piven and the late Richard Cloward. The poster was attacked by some group members for "politicizing" Perestroika. These members claimed that the list was a no-politics zone for debating methodological issues. Since Glenn Beck did not hold a tenured position in the discipline, others felt that his ideas were not rational enough to warrant a response. Some on the list (perhaps with scant knowledge of left-wing media) proposed approaching Rachel Maddow, and while a few media outlets did take up this case, it never reached the main talkies. In the end, however, Perestroikans failed to stand up for the integrity of the free and wide-ranging discourse they claim to champion.