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Race and Authority in Urban Politics: Community Participation and the War on Poverty. J. David Greenstone, Paul Peterson. Russell Sage, 1973, pb with new intro, University of Chicago Press, 1976, 364 pages. 1974.

In this penetrating book, the authors provide a systematic empirical analysis of an important public policy issue—citizen participation in the Community Action Program of the Johnson administration's "War on Poverty." This Phoenix edition includes a new introduction in which the authors explicate the most important themes in their analysis.